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

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 b...

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Autor: Pirateli, Marcos Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/2187
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/2187
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Santo Agostinho
Santo Ambrósio
Cristianismo
transformação social
Antigüidade
Idade Média
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Sumario: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