Issue 67 Augustine: Sinner, Bishop, Saint

Misinterpreted for centuries, this painting now sheds light on Augustine and his remarkable life.

Augustine is both more extraordinary and more human than the legend.

Augustine’s early years reveal an intense, proud, and sensual man who yearned to know truth.

To show how greatly God has changed him, Augustine tells all. What a fifth-century critic might have said.

Augustine saw himself not as a saint, but as a pastor with a job to do.

It’s a shame about Rome, but wait—there’s more! What a fifth-century critic might have said.

Chronology of key events in the life of Augustine.

Forged in the heat of theological battle, Augustine’s five most distinctive teachings remain controversial.

A few monks—and eventually most of the church—found both Augustine and Pelagius a little too extreme.

Augustine’s life and ministry were shaped by his encounters with these intellectual adversaries.

The fifth-century theologian answers five crucial twenty-first-century questions.

Resources to learn more about Augustine.