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Who was Augustine of Hippo?
And how HUGE was his impact on current Christian Dogma? Why do so many non Catholics ignore his imprecations against literal interpretations of the sacred literature?
Ah, if only the British Bishop Pelagius had been more aggressive in his PR, how different the world might be. His metaphysical interpretation of scripture was so much more open, so much less dogmatic that Augustine's. "Of all the sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'"
At Robert C, I'm sorry someone thumbed you down, as you raise and important point. He was a womanizer. If fact, he wrote, "God grant me chastity, but not yet." Even so, he eventually did become a crucial author of dogma, and yet so few Christians know of him (and even less know of Pelagius; shouldn't they teach the controversy?)
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
Catholics ignore a lot of what he said too. Like his teachings on Double Predestination and Eternal Security.
But to get to your question....
Augustine was a theologian and philosopher living during the 4th and early 5th century. He was also Bishop of Hippo and a firm opponent against the heresies of Pelagianism.
- robert CLv 710 years ago
he was a pagan, a womaniser , but he had a wonderful mother who prayed for her son, he became a bishop of the church , he proved that the teaching of pelagius was heretical , regarding original sin .
never look back on the past to see where you wish to go
