I believe that Christians should celebrate their history and where good theology (and philosophy) came from. Today I am going to look at the life of Augustine of Hippo and how his work has impacted my walk with Christ. I believe that I am particularly drawn to Augustine because of his struggle with doubt.
In one of his most famous work, Confessions, we read a very gripping story of his wrestle to rid doubt from his life. He battled to understand what it meant to be autonomous in the face of an all-powerful God. His deep intellectual discourse in this book set the foundation for all theology that followed it. This work alone has been studied for more than fifteen centuries. This book has personally impacted me because I battle the intellect of my finite mind against the infinity of God a lot. I also have had personal struggles with doubt.
As a church father, Augustine wrote some of the most definitive works on God. The Council of Nicaea and The Council of Constantinople defined for the church what the trinity is. However, Augustine truly shows us what the trinity is in his work City of God.
I appreciate Augustine's work on Free Will, his philosophy of just war, his love of rhetoric and his beliefs about the sacraments. I encourage all Christians to read some of Augustine's works or at least a short bio about him.
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