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Issue 67 : St. Augustine: Sinner, Bishop, Saint

Originally published in 2000

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Augustine & the Battle for Orthodoxy: Did You Know?

Misinterpreted for centuries, this painting now sheds light on Augustine and his remarkable life.

Elesha Coffman
Augustine & the Battle for Orthodoxy: From the Editor - A Giant-But A Man

From the Editor

Mark Galli
The Dark Heart Filled With Light

Augustine's early years reveal an intense, proud, and sensual man who yearned to know truth.

Robert Payne
Book Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

To show how greatly God has changed him, Augustine tells all. What a fifth-century critic might have said.

David F. Wright
The Bishop at Work

Augustine saw himself not as a saint, but as a pastor with a job to do.

Bruce L. Shelley
A Tale of Two Cities

It's a shame about Rome, but wait—there's more! What a fifth-century critic might have said.

Martin A. Marty
Augustine & the Battle for Orthodoxy: Christian History Timeline

A Christian History Timeline
Fighting Words

Forged in the heat of theological battle, Augustine's five most distinctive teachings remain controversial.

Roger E. Olson
Semi-Augustinians

A few monks—and eventually most of the church—found both Augustine and Pelagius a little too extreme.

David Allen
Augustine & the Battle for Orthodoxy: A Gallery of Influential Antagonists

Augustine's life and ministry were shaped by his encounters with these intellectual adversaries.

J. Stepehn Lang
What Would Augustine Say?

The fifth-century theologian answers five crucial twenty-first-century questions.

Jay Wood
Augustine & the Battle for Orthodoxy: Recommended Resources

Elesha Coffman

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