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Augustine 2
Title: Augustine 2
Category: History
Details: Words: 3391 | Pages: 14.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Augustine 2
Saint Augustine was born in North Africa (then a province of the Roman Empire), in 354 AD. He became a teacher of rhetoric, was converted to a religious life, and became bishop of Hippo in 395. Saint Augustine's writings were one of the most influential and widely consulted doctrines of his time and even today his works The City Of God and The Confessions are widely read. Augustine's life before converting was filled with turmoil, sin and confusion, but in the end he willingly succumbed to God's …showed first 85 words of 3391 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 3391 total…untarnished image to follow after is very true. This concept that the man should not commit adultery for the purpose that he would not want his wife to follow after this example is excellent. This idea can even be applied to a larger scale in that rulers, if they want their people to follow them, must show responsibility, maturity and a dedication to what is right.
Bibliography
Augustine. The City of God. Image: New York, 1958.
Augustine. The Confessions. Penguin Classics: New York, 1961.
Augustine. Sermon 9. Internet.
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