Introduction to Augustine and The Confessions

Synopsis

• Since the Apostle Paul, the most influential Christian man until the Reformation
  • Both Catholics and Protestants claim him
  • Both Luther and Calvin drew heavily from Augustine
• born A.D. 354, died A.D. 430 – these are the years which saw the ascendancy of Christianity, and the final decline of the old classical pagan Roman Empire.
  • Christianity was made legal by Constantine in 319 with the Edict of Milan
  • Rome was sacked by the Visigoths under Alaric in 410

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