Augustine (jan 1, 354 – jan 1, 430)

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-Considered the greatest theologian of the early church

-Born to a pagan father and devout Christian mother (Monica)

-Pursued education and teaching in philosophical oration, Neo-Platonism, and Manichaeanism

-Was finally converted by reading Scripture after hearing a child say “take up and read”

-Sat under the teaching of Ambrose, and became a bishop

-Wrote the famous works Confessions and City of God

-Debated some of Jerome’s translations of the Vulgate

-Seems to agree with (and perhaps drive) the later developed doctrines of Calvinism

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