NOUN
- (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
How To Use Augustine of Hippo In A Sentence
- The most important of all the leaders of Christian thought was Augustine of Hippo who lived in North Africa in the fifth century.
- Augustine of Hippo was the most influential theologian of Latin Christianity.
- New-style communities based on a rule, first provided by St Augustine of Hippo, but refined and made more austere at the end of the eleventh century, emerged.
- Augustine of Hippo, perhaps the greatest of all theologians, was a trained rhetor who had served his time at the imperial court.
