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'''Augustine of Hippo''' ({{IPA-en|ɒˈɡʌstɨn|}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Wells |first=J. |authorlink=John C. Wells |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary |publisher=[[Longman]] |location=New York |year=2000 |isbn=0582364671 |edition=2}}</ref><ref name="OED">[http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/13120 "Augustin(e, n. (and adj.)".] ''[[OED Online]]''. March 2011. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 May 2011.</ref> or {{IPA-en|ˈɔːɡəstɪn|}};<ref name="OED"/> {{lang-la|Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis}})<ref>The ''[[Roman naming conventions|nomen]]'' Aurelius is virtually meaningless, signifying little more than Roman citizenship (see: {{cite journal |title=What's in a Name? A Survey of Roman Onomastic Practice from c.&nbsp;700&nbsp;B.C. to A.D.&nbsp;700 |last=Salway |first=Benet |journal=The Journal of Roman Studies |volume=84 |pages=124–45 |jstor=300873 |issn=0075-4358 |publisher=[[Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies]] |year=1994 |doi=10.2307/300873}}).</ref> (Novembernëntor 13, 354 – Augustgusht 28, 430), alsogjithashtu knowni asnjohur si '''Augustine''', '''St. Augustine''', '''St. Austin''',<ref>{{cite book |title=The American Heritage College Dictionary |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin Company]] |location=Boston, MA |year=1997 |isbn=0395669170 |page=91}}</ref> '''St. Augoustinos''', '''Blessed Augustine''', orose '''St. Augustine the Blessed''',<ref>{{cite journal |title=Blessed Augustine of Hippo: His Place in the Orthodox Church: A Corrective Compilation |journal=Orthodox Tradition |volume=XIV |issue=4 |pages=33–35 |url=http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/bless_aug.aspx |accessdate=2007-06-28}}</ref> was [[Bishop]] of [[Hippo Regius]] (present-day [[Annaba]], Algeria). Ai ishte nje [[filosof]] dhe [[teologjist]] [[Latin]]isht folës whoi livedcili injetoi the [[RomanAfrica Empire|RomanProvince]] [[AfricaPerandoria Provinceromake|romak]]e . His writings were very influential in the development of [[Western Christianity]].
 
According to his contemporary, [[Jerome]], Augustine "established anew the ancient Faith."<ref>[[Jerome]] wrote to Augustine in 418: "You are known throughout the world; Catholics honour and esteem you as the one who has established anew the ancient Faith" (''conditor antiquae rursum fidei''). Cf. [http://www.augustinus.it/latino/lettere/lettera_200_testo.htm Epistola 195]; {{cite book |title= Augustine the Theologian |last=TeSelle |first=Eugene |year=1970 |location= London |page=343 |isbn=0223-97728-4}} March 2002 edition: ISBN 1-57910-918-7.</ref> In his early years he was heavily influenced by [[Manichaeism]] and afterward by the [[Neo-Platonism]] of [[Plotinus]].<ref name="Oxford:Platonism">{{cite book |editor1-last=Cross |editor1-first=Frank L. |editor2-last=Livingstone |editor2-first=Elizabeth |chapter=Platonism |title=The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |year=2005 |isbn=0192802909}}</ref> After his conversion to Christianity and baptism in AD 387, Augustine developed his own approach to philosophy and theology, accommodating a variety of methods and different perspectives.<ref>{{cite book |title=Augustine the Theologian |last=TeSelle |first=Eugene |year=1970 |location=London |pages=347–349 |isbn= 0223-97728-4}} March 2002 edition: ISBN 1-57910-918-7.</ref> He believed that the grace of Christ was indispensable to human freedom, and he framed the concepts of [[original sin]] and [[just war]].