Life and Teachings of Saint Augustine PDF

REEDFR1C0 | FAITH AND REVELATION | 1ST SEMESTER “My heart is restless until it finds rest in you.” Aurelius Augustinus November 13, 354 - August 28, 430 Tagaste, North Africa (Souk-Ahras, Algeria) NORTH - Father of St. Augustine....

REEDFR1C0 | FAITH AND REVELATION | 1ST SEMESTER “My heart is restless until it finds rest in you.” Aurelius Augustinus November 13, 354 - August 28, 430 Tagaste, North Africa (Souk-Ahras, Algeria) NORTH - Father of St. Augustine. o He was a pagan, and worked as a Roman official. - Mother of St. Augustine. o She was a devoted Catholic and the instrument in conversion of St. Augustine. - Brother - Sister - Best friend. “The brother of my heart.” - Son (God-Given) - baptized him to Christianity in Cathedral of Milan - wealthy man that helped him… a benefactor in college 1. - birthplace of St. Augustine. He studied classical Latin education (loves Latin, hates arithmetic and greek) 3. - studied Rhetoric (fundamental to any professional career suc as law and public life) - Romanianus helped him to go to school 1|P a g e JAMIE MARIZ A. LUNIZA | BS Accountancy C01  REEDFR1C0 | FAITH AND REVELATION | 1ST SEMESTER Manichaean is a pseudo-Christian formed by Mani Manichaean followers believed on the God of good and God of evil. During 370 AD, he moved to Carthage for his studies. Manichean sect began its (9) nine-year influence on him St. Monica raised him as a catechumen of a Christian Church He read Hortensius of Cicero o Philosophical book influenced him to abandon his career law He was inspired by the sermons of Bishop Ambrose and became frequent hearer of the bishop’s sermons Tolle Lege, Tolle Lege (Take up and read) Romans 13:13-14, a biblical text that inspired him He was Baptized, together with Alypius and Adeodatus in Cathedral of Milan by Bishop Ambrose 389 AD - founded a monastery in Tagaste 391 AD - Priest Ordination, founded the 2nd monastery 395 AD - became the coadjutor (assistant) bishop of Milan 396 AD - became the new Bishop after Bishop Valerius died 430 AD - he died and succeeded by Heraclius His autobiography and memoir Giving up worldly possession (emotion, intellectual thoughts) a prayer lifted to God Free acknowledgement “confession of sins” Written after the death of St. Jerome Treatise on the grace of God Presents the Apostle’s Creed, Lord’s Prayer, & doctrine of creation 2|P a g e JAMIE MARIZ A. LUNIZA | BS Accountancy C01  REEDFR1C0 | FAITH AND REVELATION | 1ST SEMESTER Claims that there are 2 cities (one of humans, one of God) Platonist idea of God Most difficult work of St. Augustine Subject to explain the Trinity (the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit) God was the supreme being Humans possess freewill (man’s refusal to turn God) Salvation (free will and grace) “If there was no free will, then why did God give us the 10 Commandments?” He is a Doctor of Grace Taught the church that God is a Trinity of love. Love cannot exist on its own because it is not a thing, or an attribute possessed by a thing. (389 AD) - Tagaste, North Africa (391 AD) - Hippo o on the model of the church in Jerusalem (One Mine, One Heart) o Founded a monastery for women; the first abbess was Perpetua (396 AD) - Hippo o Monastery of Clerics 3|P a g e JAMIE MARIZ A. LUNIZA | BS Accountancy C01  REEDFR1C0 | FAITH AND REVELATION | 1ST SEMESTER He wrote the “Rules of St. Augustine” in 397 AD. After his death, his followers also established a monastery of clerics, laymen, and virgins. - almost all the Augustinian monasteries ceased to exist because of the 2 Vandal Kings in Africa o King Genseric & King Huneric - They are Arians and have vented furies against the Bishop/religious o After the persecution, the Augustinian life was revived across the sea (Italy, Spain, & Tunisia) - Arab scimitars wiped out the remains of Augustinian monasticism in Africa. - Western religious was slowly connecting to Benedictine model but it didn’t totally displaced St. Augustine from the monastic world - plenty of scattered monastic communities followed St. Augustine rules. And the Pope urged them to unite. - Pope Innocent IV confirmed the 1st Grand Union among Augustinian hermits of Tuscany. The birth of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine (OHSA/OSA). It has no historical link to the St. Augustinian original communities. The Order of St. Augustine has its direct origin in the fusion of several eremitical groups in Central Italy. The 1st Augustinian Saint after the Grand Union of the Augustinian. 4|P a g e JAMIE MARIZ A. LUNIZA | BS Accountancy C01  REEDFR1C0 | FAITH AND REVELATION | 1ST SEMESTER - Spaniards arrived in the Philippines. o They taught the country how to become a nation. o Archipelago was rules by different Datus/Rajas o One colony, one rule, one region - From Spain, Augustinian arrived in Mexico o Mexico is the important stopover for Recollect missionaries from Spain to Philippines. 1. 1565 - Augustinian 2. 1578 - Franciscans 3. 1581 - Jesuits 4. 1587 - Dominicans 5. 1606 - Recollects - There appeared Augustinian religious who aspired for real-life of poverty, prayer, silence, and equality. - The Mexican Recollection was headed by the spiritual father, St. Thomas of Villanova. - Talavera Dela Reina, Toledo Augustinian Province of Castile, Toledo, Spain Book by Fray Luis de Leon - “Way of Life” It desires for greater perfection 5|P a g e JAMIE MARIZ A. LUNIZA | BS Accountancy C01  REEDFR1C0 | FAITH AND REVELATION | 1ST SEMESTER - Pope Clement VIII approved the separation of Augustinian Recollects from the OSA is the First Prior Provincial of the Recollects who later lead the pioneer missionaries to the Philippines. - The Recoletos was elevated to a Congregation by Pope Gregory XV through his papal brief Militantis Ecclesiae - Fourteen (14) Recollect missionaries boarded the Galleon Espiritu Santo led by Fr. Juan de San Jeronimo - only thirteen (13) arrived because Fr. Andres de San Nicolas died at sea - First convent was raised in Bagumbayan (San Juan Baustista) “An Augustinian Recollect Saint among Filipinos.” He lived and worked here for 15 years (1870 - 1885). Assigned in Palawan, Zambales, Mindoro, Las Pinas. - Pope Pius X, elevated the “Recollection” to a Religious Order through his papal brief Religiosas Familias. o - Order of Hermits of St. Augustine (OHSA/OSA). o - Order of the Recollect Hermits of St. Augustine (ORHSA) o - Order of the Recollects of St. Augustine (ORSA) o - Order of Augustinian Recollect (OAR) 6|P a g e JAMIE MARIZ A. LUNIZA | BS Accountancy C01  REEDFR1C0 | FAITH AND REVELATION | 1ST SEMESTER - Recollect Builder of Bacolod o San Sebastian Cathedral o Bacolod Public Plaza o Negros Provincial Jail (now 888 China Town Square) o Sugarcane Industry in Negros (first in Talisay) o Bamboo organ in Las Pinas o 630 parochial schools o Colegio de San Jose was established in Bacolod City for 2 years only (1896-1898). They reopened in Cebu City, University of San Jose - Recoletos (USJR) “Province of the Recollect in the Philippines” Schools, Universities, Colleges Parishes - Pastoral Ministry Mission Areas - Taiwan, Africa, Brazil Formation Centers - Seminaries for men Media - Recoletos Communications Social Concern - relief assistance/care for environment 19 countries o Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Rep., England, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Taiwan, United States, Venezuela. Recollects numbered 1500 religious spread throughout the world in 201 religious houses, distributed into 8 provinces/regions in 4 continents. 7|P a g e JAMIE MARIZ A. LUNIZA | BS Accountancy C01