<b>From Aurelius Augustinus to Saint Augustine of Hippo</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v25i2.2187

  • Marcos Roberto Pirateli UEM

Abstract

The present paper is concerned about the study of Saint Augustine conversion, which enabled us to identify the pagan behavior transformations, from Christianism advent (second and forth centuries). Thus, the research was based both on St. Augustine’s classic: Confessions (his autobiography); and a bibliographic support. As a conclusion, his conversion was specially due to Saint Ambrose (bishop of Milan). He was conquered by St. Ambrose’s personality, mainly while accompanying his preachings, because he was overcome by St. Ambrose’s delightful words. Because of this, besides being the greatest Christian thinking articulator during the ancient times, and the medieval culture creator, St. Augustine’s conversion represented the conversion of an era, the pagan, to another one, the Christian

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Author Biography

Marcos Roberto Pirateli, UEM
possui mestrado em Educação (área de concentração: Fundamentos da Educação) pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (em 2006) e graduação em História (2002) pela mesma Universidade. Tem experiência na área de Educação, com ênfase em História e Filosofia da Educação, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Santo Agostinho, Antigüidades cristã, Patrística, Fundamentos da Educação Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-04-15
How to Cite
Pirateli, M. R. (2008). <b>From Aurelius Augustinus to Saint Augustine of Hippo</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v25i2.2187. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 25(2), 327-335. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v25i2.2187
Section
Social Sciences