Saint Augustine - Research Paper Example

Client’s 19 October Born in Tagaste in North Africa Saint Augustine lived a very normal life until he turned 31 years old. He contributed immensely towards philosophy and Christianity. A lot about his life can be learned by reading his autobiographical work called “Confessions of Saint Augustine” He also talks about how he suffered from lust like any other human being and what efforts he made to overcome lust, his autobiographical work shows his metamorphosis from an average human being to becoming a highly respected saint.

Saint Augustine contributed heavily towards the ancient Western Church; many scholars believed that no one else can even come close to matching his contribution towards the Western Church. Saint Augustine was not a Christian by birth, his Father was not a Christian but his mother was a Christian, he decided to become a Christian very late in his life and the same also changed his life completely. Saint Augustine’s childhood was unremarkable. He was caught red handed for stealing pears and he also acknowledges several things that he should not have done in his autobiographical work.

Saint Augustine read Ciceros Hortensius at the tender age of nineteen and Ciceros work deeply influenced Saint Augustine. It made Saint Augustine inquisitive; he started asking himself philosophical questions and also started doing experiments, the effects of these experiments and questions stayed with Saint Augustine ever since.