Aurelius Augustine, later known as Augustine of Hippo or Saint Augustine, was one of the most important and well-known theologians in the history of the Christian religion. He was born on November 13, 354 AD, in Roman Empire and died on August 28, 430 AD, in Hippo Regius, Algeria. He was born as a brilliant minded person and enjoyed academic success, as well as pleasures in Carthage, Tunisia, until he later sought for truth and virtue. He was disappointed by the Platonic philosophy and Manichean theology and then found his rest in Christianity at the age of 32. This essay will conclude the following: St. Augustine's social, political and spiritual theories. .
Aurelius Augustine, later known as Augustine of Hippo or Saint Augustine, was one of the most important and well-known theologians in the history of the Christian religion. He was born on November 13, 354 AD, in Roman Empire and died on August 28, 430 AD, in Hippo Regius, Algeria. He was born to a pagan father and devout Christian mother. He was born as a brilliant minded person and enjoyed academic success, as well as pleasures in Carthage, Tunisia, until he later sought for truth and virtue. He was disappointed by the Platonic philosophy and Manichean theology and then found his rest in Christianity at the age of 32. Augustine became Bishop of Hippo ten years later. Augustine's thought has had a profound impact on both Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. Since he was a writer and original thinker, St. Augustine influenced people through social, political and spiritual theories. .
St. Augustine of Hippos had contributed major social theories and one of them was philosophical anthropology. Since St. Augustine was teaching, with Augustine's desire to find a good alternative to moral dualism of the Manicheans. There was also questioning about his embracing of Neoplatonism , which was a positive development. Not only did this allow him to account for evil without objectifying it, but this also provided him with an account of the moral drama that constitutes the human condition.
