St. Augustine

[hopeful1]

I'm doing a research paper on St. Augustine and on how his literary writings helped influenced Catholic doctrine. What were some of his major or most influencial contributions?

[Theologian in Training]

[quote name='hopeful1' date='Apr 3 2004, 08:33 AM'] I'm doing a research paper on St. Augustine and on how his literary writings helped influenced Catholic doctrine. What were some of his major or most influencial contributions? [/quote]
Well, one of his greatest contributions was his [i]Confessions[/i] because this marked the first time anyone had ever written an autobiography. What's more is that this autobiography was deeply psychological and there are many elements within the [i]Confessions[/i] to attest to this fact.

Further his theology in [i]City of God[/i] has been foundational for a lot of theology that has developed within the life of the Church. In fact, he is one of the [url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05075a.htm"]Doctors of the Church[/url] which raffirms this idea.

Those are just a few of his major contributions to the Church as a whole, and to the literary world as well. I don't want to go any further as this is your paper and you should really develop it the way you think fit.

God Bless