Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Confessions: "O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet''

1 Anmeldelser

2

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Religion og spiritualitet

Augustine was born in the year 354 AD in the municipium of Thagaste, now in present day Algeria, but then the Roman province of Numidia. Accounts agree that the family was of Berger stock although they spoke Latin at home and were imbued with the Roman system and way of life.

At the age of 11, Augustine was sent to school at Madaurus, a small Numidian city about 31 km from Thagaste and at 17 he moved to Carthage to continue his education in rhetoric.

It was in Carthage that he read Cicero's ‘Hortensius’ which was to leave a lasting impression. Although raised by his Mother as a Christian he now left the church to follow the very popular Manichaean religion.

Augustine taught grammar at Thagaste during 373 and 374. The following year he moved to a school of rhetoric in Carthage and remained there for nine years.

He was successful in obtaining, at the Imperial court at Milan, the job of rhetoric professor. He moved to Milan in late 384 and was now, at age 30, in the most visible academic position in the Latin world. He now also began to pivot to the Christian faith at the urging and guidance of his new friend; Ambrose of Milan.

In late the August of 386, Augustine converted to Christianity.

Augustine was ordained a priest in 391 at Hippo Regius, in Algeria. His fame as a preacher was widespread and incredibly 350 of his sermons have survived, all of which are believed to be authentic.

In 395, he was made co-adjutor Bishop of Hippo, gaining the full title of Bishop shortly afterwards, hence the name ‘Augustine of Hippo’. He wrote his autobiographical ‘Confessions’ in 397–398. His work ‘The City of God’ was written to console his fellow Christians in the wake of the Visigoths sacking Rome in 410.

In 429, the Vandals, a Germanic tribe, invaded Roman Africa. They besieged Hippo in the spring of 430, where Augustine’s health was now in terminal decline. He died on 28th August 430.

© 2019 Scribe Publishing (E-bog): 9781787806634

Release date

E-bog: 5. juli 2019

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Church History Eusebius
  2. The City of God Saint Aurelius Augustinus
  3. The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity Robert Louis Wilken
  4. Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years Diarmaid MacCulloch
  5. Iscariot: A Novel of Judas Tosca Lee
  6. Christian Origins 101: How the First Christians Lived, Believed, and Shaped History David Z. Flanagin
  7. Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church John W. O’Malley
  8. Paul: A Biography N. T. Wright
  9. 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation Peter Marshall
  10. On Christian Doctrine: "God loves each of us as if there were only one of us'' Saint Augustine of Hippo
  11. Augustine: A Very Short Introduction Henry Chadwick
  12. Gutenberg's Apprentice: A Novel Alix Christie
  13. Crusaders: An Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands Dan Jones
  14. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life James Martin
  15. Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation Peter Marshall
  16. Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction A. Edward Siecienski
  17. Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 Carlos M. N. Eire
  18. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife Bart D. Ehrman
  19. Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West Anthony Pagden
  20. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values Sam Harris
  21. Understanding Dante's Divine Comedy Mary C. Davlin
  22. Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History Brian Stanley
  23. The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction Charles L. Cohen
  24. The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters Adam Nicolson
  25. The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought Dennis C. Rasmussen
  26. Free Will Sam Harris
  27. Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation Alan Burdick
  28. The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee
  29. Epidemics: Hate and Compassion from the Plague of Athens to AIDS Samuel Kline Cohn, Jr.
  30. Ancient Civilizations: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Canaanites, Hittites and Ancient Israel and Their Role in Biblical History Captivating History
  31. Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil Susan Neiman
  32. The Book Charmer Karen Hawkins
  33. Roses and Rot Kat Howard
  34. A Place at the Altar: Priestesses in Republican Rome Meghan J. DiLuzio
  35. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
  36. Medieval Mysteries: The History Behind the Myths of the Middle Ages Thomas F. Madden
  37. The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945 John Toland
  38. The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag Peter Burke
  39. The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad
  40. The Book of Wonders: How Euclid’s Elements Built the World Benjamin Wardhaugh
  41. The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present Eric R. Kandel
  42. Francis I: The Maker of Modern France Leonie Frieda
  43. 1421: The Year China Discovered America Gavin Menzies
  44. Out of the Shadow of a Giant: How Newton Stood on the Shoulders of Hooke and Halley John Gribbin
  45. Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction David Norman

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis