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Augustine had heard about Christianity, but he was still very conflicted.
While feeling torn into 2 pieces while trying to make a decision, he wandered into a garden and heard a voice telling him to pick up a Bible.
He did.
The book opened to the page:
“Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual license and wantonness, not in conflict and desire,
…but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh…” (Rom 13:13-14).
He immediately felt at peace.
He converted to Christianity, was ordained a priest, and then by age 43 (even though, he really wanted to be a monk),…
…. he became a bishop.
In the next slide, you will see an example of Artwork which focuses on THE MOMENT OF AUGUSTINE’S CONVERSION…
…which for him, scholar that he was, involved reading a book (the Bible).
“Tiffany stained-glass window of St. Augustine, in the Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, Florida.”
(Detail) Tiffany = 1848-1933. Wikipedia
CONVERT: it comes from the Latin.
His entire life turned around!!!
Con = “with”
“vert” comes from the verb “to turn.”
Remember your groups, from class? E-mail your group members. If you cannot find their e-mail, let me know.
Send them a short e-mail description (“not too short, ha ha”) of a time when your life “turned around” or simply when you experienced a turning/turning point in your life.
Then ONE of you forward that short e-mail exchange to me. (So, I get only 26 e-mails, instead of 55, ha ha, thank you).
This next slide will show Augustine’s ordination to Bishop.
Look at the beautiful, detailed cloth!!!! Such wealth and beauty!!
(The Church: connected to money, power, and culture)
Jaume Huguet (1412-1492)
The Consecration of St Augustine
1466-1475
tempera on panel
Height: 272 cm (107.1 in).
Width: 200 cm (78.7 in).
Museu Nacional d’Art de Cataluna
Speaking out of his own experience, he wrote “Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.”
Even dark chocolate only gives my heart rest for so long. Nothing provides Real Rest and peace…we go scurrying off to something else. EXCEPT THE ONE WHO IS BEHIND EVERYTHING.
The next slide shows a “typical Augustine:”
He is reading. He is writing.
His heart is restless. And it is on –fire with passion!!!
But he has given it to God.
1645-1650
Los Angeles County Museum of
Art
78.7 × 62.2 cm (31 × 24.5 in)
Wikipedia