To achieve holiness, believed the early monks, you must soak in the moral sense of the Word.

The West's foremost theologian offered a single principle by which even the unlearned could unlock Scripture's meaning.

Why he was so fond of spiritual Scripture interpretation

The rapidity of Africa's twentieth-century baptism was stunning. There's no better place to see the future of the global church.

Samuel Ajayi Crowther's consecration as the first African Anglican bishop looked like a great leap forward for the church. But the talented ex-slave collided with the roadblock of racism

Edwards found the Christian life sweet and said so often.

Historian David Lindberg shows that Christianity and science are not at war - and may never have been.

When competing ideologies had fragmented Christian thought, Thomas forged a solution.

Those who believe that God rewards righteous nations have Orosius to admire and Augustine to dispute.

The doctrinal grounding of Dante's mysterious mountain.

Visions of eternity just aren't what they used to be.

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

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

From the Editor

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

A Christian History Timeline

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

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

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