Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers · AD 325–500
Augustine of Hippo
354–430 · Early Church · Hippo (North Africa)
Bishop of Hippo in Roman North Africa and one of the most influential theologians of Latin Christianity.
Major contributions
Grace, predestination, original sin, eschatology
- Wrote Confessions, The City of God, and On the Trinity.
- Shaped Western debates on grace, sin, church life, and biblical interpretation.
Theological positions
Modern labels do not always describe historical writers precisely.
- Amillennialism
The City of God XX.7–9 reads the thousand years of Revelation 20 in relation to the present church age; the label is later.
- Baptism
His anti-Donatist writings affirm the validity of baptism independently of the minister’s personal holiness.
Major writings
- Confessions
- The City of God
- On the Trinity
- On Christian Doctrine