| 单词 | Saint Augustine |
| 释义 | Saint Augustine (once / 21687 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Saint Augustine USAGE EXAMPLESUntil 2007, when Saint Augustine’s University purchased it, it was owned by the founders and their families. Washington Times(May 15, 2016) “Nor,” as Saint Augustine ruefully complained, “did he, any more than Thales, attribute the cause of all this ceaseless activity to a divine mind.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos(1980) Noting that not all physicists are atheists, he recounts what Saint Augustine said when asked what God was doing before creating the universe. Washington Post(Jan 04, 2016) 1 n (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430) 2Syn|Exp Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, St. Augustine Church Father, Father, Father of the Church (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom Doctor, Doctor of the Church(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching sainta person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizersomeone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology n a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States Syn|Exp St. Augustine city, metropolis, urban center a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts |
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