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- a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States
- (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 St. Augustine In A Sentence
- GRIFFIN: Let's move up the coast to St. Augustine, that is where Kathleen Koch is standing by. CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2004
- As a young man, St. Augustine was well practiced in gratifying the desires of his fallen nature.
- It seemed worthwhile sharing some photos taken by Vernon Quaintance from St. Augustine's Abbey in Ramsgate, which shows a recent Mass there in the modern form of the Roman liturgy, which was celebrated on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the monastic profession of the Very Rev. Dom Benedict Austen, OSB this past March 21st, 2009. St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
- At the same time there were many clerics who did live in common, e.g. the cenobites, and the term canon was applied to them as early as the fourth century; but it must not be inferred from this fact that the office of canon has its origin in those who followed the cenobitical Rule of St. Augustine (see The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
- I was so small my freshman year: 5-foot-nothing, 110 pounds," said Carrasco, who attended a private school called St. Augustine. The Seattle Times
- Accordingly, St. Augustine treats the idea of antipodes as an absurdity; and Lactantius, whom we have already quoted, expressly says “can there possibly be any persons so simple as to believe that there are men whose heads are lower than their feet?” etc.St. Chrysostom exclaims, in his fourteenth homily, “Where are they who pretend that the heavens are movable, and that their form is circular?” A Philosophical Dictionary
- We could paraphrase St. Augustine as he described the importance of justice to a nation in "The City Of God. Another Army-Navy Game, Another Perspective
- In De doctrina Christiana (henceforth "DDC"), St. Augustine lays the groundwork for a good, spiritual exegesis by elucidating on the virtue of charity, and all that means. The Scriptural Roots of St. Augustine's Spirituality
- St. Augustine in the north porch of St. Peter's Abbey church, afterwards known as St. Augustine's. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
- In this place called St. Augustine we understood the king did keep, as is before said, 150 soldiers, and at another place some dozen leagues beyond to the northwards, called St. Helena, he did there likewise keep Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage
