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Augustine of Hippo

Augustine is one of the most influential theologians in Latin Christianity and Western philosophy.

BORN 354 CE · Thagaste, Roman North AfricaDIED 430 CE · Hippo Regius, Roman North AfricaERA Late antiquity

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Formed major Western Christian doctrines of grace, sin, church, history, and the inner life.

THE RECORD

Confessions became a landmark of spiritual autobiography and moral introspection.
City of God framed Christian reflection on empire, history, and political order after Rome's crisis.
His debates with Manichaeans, Donatists, and Pelagians shaped later doctrines of grace and church authority.