Saint Augustine of Hippo was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopherfrom Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regiusin north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathersin Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Period.
Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.
Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.
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