Augustinus: Dallime mes rishikimesh

'''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> (nëntor 13, 354 – gusht 28, 430), gjithashtu i njohur 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''', ose '''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 i cili jetoi në [[Africa Province]] [[Perandoria romake|romak]]e . Shkrimet etij ishin me shume ndikim ne zhvillimete e [[Kristianizmit perëndimor]].

 

 

When the [[Western Roman Empire]] was starting to disintegrate, Augustine developed the concept of the Church as a spiritual [[New Jerusalem#Christianity|City of God]] (in [[City of God (book)|a book of the same name]]), distinct from the material Earthly City.<ref name="CC">{{cite book |last=Durant |first=Will |title=Caesar and Christ: a History of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] Civilization and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to A.D. 325 |publisher=MJF Books |location=New York |year=1992 |isbn=1567310141 |authorlink=Will Durant}}</ref> His thoughts profoundly influenced the medieval worldview. Augustine's ''City of God'' was closely identified with the church, the community that worshipped [[Trinity|God]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilken |first=Robert L. |title=The Spirit of Early Christian Thought |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |location=New Haven |year=2003 |isbn=0300105983 |page=291}}</ref>