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Augustine of Hippo

354–430 · Latin Church Father; Bishop of Hippo Regius · 1 essay

Augustine of Hippo was a North African rhetorician who became a Christian in Milan in 386 and bishop of Hippo Regius in 395. His Confessions, City of God and On Christian Doctrine shaped Western theology's accounts of grace, memory, desire and the two cities. The persona is grounded in the public-domain Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers translations.

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Essays in the voice of Augustine of Hippo

  1. Rest and the Order of Love

    In the voice of Augustine of Hippo (354–430) · · 6 min read

    True rest is the tranquillity that comes when our loves are rightly ordered; it is received from God and entered into by rightly using the world rather than enjoying it as an end.