I heard that he lived in Africa
2006-12-10 02:22:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Augustine was a Roman from Carthage, who became Bishop of Hippo. Both cities were in North Africa, in the area that is now Tunisia.
The area north of the Sahara, along the Mediterraean cost is mostly inhabited by Arab peoples today, and was mostly inhabited by a mix of Roman, Phonecian, Greek and Vandal (a tribe originally from north-east Europe) peoples in Augustine's day. So no, he was not black.
2006-12-10 02:33:19 · answer #1 · answered by Elise K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine's influence on Christianity is thought by many to be second only to that of St. Paul, and theologians, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, look upon him as one of the founders of Western theology. His Confessions is considered a classic of Christian autobiography. This work (c.400), the prime source for St. Augustine's life, is a beautifully written apology for the Christian convert. Next to it his best-known work is the City of God (after 412)—a mammoth defense of Christianity against its pagan critics, and famous especially for the uniquely Christian view of history elaborated in its pages.
Augustine regarded all history as God's providential preparation of two mystical cities, one of God and one of the devil, to one or the other of which all humankind will finally belong. His greatest purely dogmatic work is On the Trinity, but much of his theological teaching comes from his polemic writings. His works against the Manichaeans, especially Against Faustus (his Manichaean teacher), are important for the light they throw on this religion. Against Donatism St. Augustine directed two works, On Baptism and On the Correction of the Donatists, in which he formulated the idea, since then become part of Roman Catholicism, that the church's authority is the guarantee of the Christian faith, its own guarantee being the apostolic succession.
Check the link for more info on this...
Truly
ElleXiz
2006-12-10 02:29:20 · answer #2 · answered by Ellexiz 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He was from a place called Hippo, in Tunisia. The word means horse. It was a Roman province and mainly arabic. It is in North affrica. But so is Morroco, Lybia, Egypt.
It is possible that he was black, but so what?
2006-12-10 02:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So he lived in Africa......So did Moses, Cleopatra, and Omar Kadafi. Are you eat up with dumb, or just acting like it.
2006-12-10 02:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
not everyone in africa is black, what are you racist?
2006-12-10 02:30:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋