AD 354 – 430
Augustine of Hippo
The most influential theologian of the Latin West, decisive for later Catholic and Protestant thought on grace, sin, the Church and history.
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- Location
- Thagaste, Milan, Hippo Regius in North Africa
- Role
- Bishop of Hippo; Doctor of the Church
- Major writings
- Confessions; The City of God; On the Trinity; On Christian Doctrine; anti-Donatist and anti-Pelagian works
- Teachings
- Grace as the source of every good act
- The validity of sacraments independent of the minister's holiness
- Connection to apostolic Christianity
- He appealed both to Scripture and to the universal practice of the churches as evidence of apostolic teaching.
Quotations with references
“You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”
Sources and References
- Augustine, Confessionsnewadvent.org