Somebody told me that and it seems a little absurd. If it's false, how did such a crazy rumor get started?
2007-12-30 12:28:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo, or Saint Augustine (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430) was a philosopher and theologian, and was bishop of the North African city of Hippo Regius for the last third of his life. Augustine is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity, and is considered to be one of the church fathers. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war.
His parents were not hippos!!!
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2007-12-30 12:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by gatita 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
That is completely incorrect. The only connection between St. Augustine and hippos is the fact that he was born in a small town called Hippo in Northern Africa.
2007-12-30 12:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Oh brother.
St. Augustine of Hippo...Hippo was the town he was from.
That's like asking someone whose last name is Campbell if their parents were cans of soup.
2007-12-30 12:37:07 · answer #3 · answered by Hamlette 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
St. Agustine's mother was St. Monica.
2007-12-30 12:33:02 · answer #4 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
4th and 5th cent Christians had a fuller appreciation of the symbolic and poetic nature of gen a million&2 than many early twentieth cent FP Christians and larger appreciation of scientific data
2016-12-11 17:26:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Born in Hippo... not Of Hippos.
2007-12-30 12:38:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Source? lol
There are so many absurd tales about saints I've read about but this is the most! lol
2007-12-30 12:33:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its obviously not true, because his mother was St. Monica. She was the one that prayed for his conversion for years!
2007-12-30 12:34:01 · answer #8 · answered by puellaromana 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The bible is not meant to be taken literally, dear, no matter what fundies say.
By hippos, god meant "very large people with big hips".
2007-12-30 12:32:42 · answer #9 · answered by David Carrington Jr. 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Salam
You know it makes you wonder what Noah was doing on that ark?
2007-12-30 12:33:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋