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[[File:Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Saint Augustine]]

[[File:Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Saint Augustine]]

'''Saint Augustine''' or '''Augustine of Hippo''' (A.D. 354–430) is considered one of the great [[Church Fathers]] of the [[Christian]] church, and has been of momentous importance in the development of Christian thought.  It was Saint Augustine who first developed the Christian [[doctrine]] of "[[original sin]]," upon which [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]] later expanded.

'''Saint Augustine''' or '''Augustine of Hippo''' (A.D. 354–430) is considered one of the great [[Church Fathers]] of the [[Christian]] church, and has been of momentous importance in the development of Christian thought.  He is considered the most influential Christian thinker after [[Paul]]. It was Saint Augustine who first developed the Christian [[doctrine]] of "[[original sin]]," upon which [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]] later expanded.

Both Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas fully supported the use of [[capital punishment]].<ref>[https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/n012rp_DeathPenalty_Aquinas.htm  St. Augustine and St. Thomas In Favor of the Death Penalty]</ref>

Both Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas fully supported the use of [[capital punishment]].<ref>[https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/n012rp_DeathPenalty_Aquinas.htm  St. Augustine and St. Thomas In Favor of the Death Penalty]</ref>

Augustine wrote about 5 million words that survive today -- much of it searchable in English online,<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1156 The Gutenberg Project has several online in English]</ref><ref>[https://www.online-literature.com/saint-augustine/ some of his combined works searchable here at the Literature Network]</ref> compared with an estimated 8 million words written by Aquinas. Augustine wrote in [[Latin]], probably with the help of scribes.

Augustine wrote about 5 million words that survive today -- much of it searchable in English online,<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1156 The Gutenberg Project has several online in English]</ref><ref>[https://www.online-literature.com/saint-augustine/ some of his combined works searchable here at the Literature Network]</ref> compared with an estimated 8 million words written by Aquinas. Augustine wrote in [[Latin]], probably with the help of scribes.

Augustine was mistaken about any conflicts in the [[Bible]] with [[science]] should be viewed as allegory rather than [[truth]] (in fact, science is what has been repeatedly shown to be false whenever it has conflicted with the Bible (See: [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] and [[Limitations of science]]).

Concerning any ostensible conflicts in the [[Bible]] with [[science]], Augustine mistakenly felt that the Bible should be viewed as allegory rather than [[truth]] (in fact, science is what has been repeatedly shown to be false whenever it has conflicted with the Bible (See: [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] and [[Limitations of science]]).

== Life ==

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