This man fought against a group of heretics who condemned sexual immorality but claimed sexual urges were natural and God-given.
This figure claimed that God was the inspiration for all human knowledge in his book On the Trinity. This man fought against a group of heretics who condemned sexual immorality but claimed sexual urges were natural and God-given. One book by this man asserts that we must reject pacifism in the face of grave harm and introduces a "just war" as an appropriate response. That book by this man contrasts the worldly society of (*) pagans with the title place. This strident anti-Pelagian was commanded by a child's voice to "take and read", which led him to fully embrace the teachings of Ambrose of Milan. This author of City of God described how his mother, Monica, urged him to abandon Manichaeism in an autobiography that details his conversion to Christianity. For 10 points, name this North African Church Doctor who wrote Confessions.
This figure claimed that God was the inspiration for all human knowledge in his book On the Trinity.
Saint Augustine of Hippo [or Saint Augustinus; or Saint Austin; or Blessed Augustine; or Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis]