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Ne baze te bashkekohesit te tij, [[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]].
 
When theKur [[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>
 
Në [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] dhe [[Anglican Communion]], he is a saint and pre-eminent [[Doctor of the Church]], and the patron of the [[Augustinians|Augustinian religious order]]; his memorial is celebrated 28 August, the day of his death. He is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, the alleviation of sore eyes, and a number of cities and dioceses.<ref name="KnoYrSaint">[http://www.catholicapologetics.info/library/saints/index.htm Know Your Patron Saint].</ref> Many [[Protestantism|Protestants]], especially [[Calvinism|Calvinists]], consider him to be one of the theological fathers of [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] due to his teaching on [[salvation]] and [[divine grace]]. In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] he is blessed, and his feast day is celebrated on 15 June.<ref>{{cite journal | last =Archimandrite [now Archbishop] Chrysostomos | title =Book Review: ''The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church'' | journal =Orthodox Tradition | volume =II | issue =3&4 | pages =40–43 | url =http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/bless_aug.aspx#rose | accessdate =2007-06-28|authorlink=}}</ref> Among the Orthodox, he is called "Blessed Augustine", or "St. Augustine the Blessed".<ref>"Blessed" here does not mean that he is less than a saint, but is a title bestowed upon him as a sign of respect. {{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>