

Philippe de Champaigne, Saint Augustine, circa 1645, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.88.177, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation · Saint Augustine, oil on canvas by Philippe de Champaigne, circa 1645, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession M.88.177 (Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation). The painter died in 1674, so the painting is public domain by age, and the museum's collection record flags the image as public domain and offers it for download under its terms for public-domain images. A posthumous imagined image made more than a thousand years after the sitter's death, so shown as a later depiction and not as a likeness. Original museum image 3216 x 4096 pixels, downscaled to 942 x 1200 with no cropping and no upscaling. · Public domain (artwork by age; museum public-domain image)
신학자 · 고대
아우구스티누스
354–430
로마 제국
주요 업적 분야
아직 성격 매칭에 포함되지 않았습니다 — 기록된 근거가 성격 모델 전체를 다루기에는 충분하지 않습니다. 이 페이지의 다른 모든 내용은 자유롭게 확인하실 수 있습니다.
핵심 특성
주요 업적
로마령 아프리카 히포의 주교(약 396~430년)로서 『고백록』과 『신국론』을 썼으며, 이는 그를 서방 그리스도교 사상에서 가장 영향력 있는 저술가의 한 사람으로 만들었다.
현존하는 그의 저작은 책 약 100권, 서한 약 300통, 설교 약 600편이며, 만년에는 『재고록』에서 자신의 저술을 직접 검토했다.
마니교도, 도나투스파, 펠라기우스파와의 논쟁에서 중심적인 목소리를 냈고, 아프리카 동료 주교들과 함께 418년 펠라기우스주의 단죄를 이끌어냈다.
삶의 장면들
도나투스파 반박 활동에서 그는 글을 모르는 신자들도 분열의 오류라고 본 점을 외울 수 있도록 297행의 노래를 지었고, 이후 도나투스파에 대한 국가의 강제력을 옹호했는데 후대 비평가들은 이를 비판해 왔다.
이는 청중에 맞춘 지속적인 공개 논쟁에 기꺼이 나서는 태도와 부합하며, 그 결과는 논란의 여지가 있다. 갈등 감내
경력 후반에 그는 자신의 저술을 연대순으로 비판적으로 검토한 『재고록』을 썼고, 새로 발견된 서한에서는 자신의 글을 성경처럼 대하지 말라고 독자들에게 경고했다.
이는 자신의 입장을 공개적으로 되짚고 수정하는 습관과 부합한다. 입장 수정 성향
전환점
391년 히포에서 본인의 뜻과 달리 사제로 서품되었다고 전해지며, 약 396년 그 지역 주교직을 이어받아 수사학 교사와 철학적 은거 생활에서 신자 공동체와 그 논쟁을 이끄는 자리로 옮겨 갔다.
이는 학문적 생활에서 공적인 사목과 논쟁 활동으로의 전환과 부합한다. 설득력
비슷한 인물
전체적인 프로필이 이 사람과 닮은 사람들이에요.
출처
- Augustine of Hippo (Q8018), verified live via the Wikidata API (2026-10-26): label 'Augustine of Hippo', description 'Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354-430)', born 354-11-13, died 430-08-28, Korean label present, P18 image 'Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg'. Orientation only; not used as support for any row.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 'Augustine' (life, work and ethics sections read in full, including the passages on the Donatist schism and religious coercion). CANONICAL SIGNIFICANCE SOURCE: gives his life (Thagaste, Milan, conversion 386, baptism 387, priest 391, bishop of Hippo c.396), his output (about 100 books, 300 letters and 600 sermons survive), the five major treatises including the Confessions and City of God, and his role in the controversies with Manicheans, Donatists and Pelagians. Academic reference by a philosophy specialist; it is openly critical of the coercion arguments ('propagandistic defenses of coercion against the Donatists').
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 'Augustine of Hippo' (life and works sections read in full): reluctant ordination at Hippo, the monastery he founded, the Donatist controversy including the Circumcellions and his endorsement of government force, the Pelagian controversy, the Retractiones, sermons and letters, and the siege of Hippo. It draws on Possidius for several episodes and says Augustine's accounts of Donatism were sometimes polemical.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1907), 'Life of St. Augustine of Hippo' by E. Portalie, read in full: an admiring Catholic reference article that cites Possidius for the episcopal household at Hippo, the African councils he influenced, his preaching, his change of opinion on force against the Donatists (Letter 93, 408), and the Pelagian controversy. Confessional institutional source, so used with lower confidence.
- Peter Brown, 'St Augustine's Attitude to Religious Coercion', Journal of Roman Studies 54 (1964), as shown through the opening excerpt on The Great Thinkers site (about 150 words read; the full article was not opened): says Augustine faced the coercion issue throughout his episcopate, changed his mind on it, reported that change himself, and then justified coercion so thoroughly that liberals called him a persecutor.
- ST Network (Adventist-affiliated magazine), 'Aurelius Augustine' article on his role in religious persecution, read in full: summarises the Donatist crisis, his early preference for persuasion and his later support for state coercion, and notes the criticism that he legitimised persecution. A popular secondary piece, partly critical, with a confessional publisher.
- Ligonier Ministries (via learn.ligonier.org), review of Peter Brown's 'Augustine of Hippo: A Biography' (2000 edition), read through a page summary: describes Brown's account of his bishopric at Hippo, the fights with Donatists and Pelagians, newly found letters and sermons, and a quoted letter in which Augustine tells readers not to treat his writings as Scripture. Evangelical review of a scholarly biography; the biography itself was not opened.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection record, Philippe de Champaigne, 'Saint Augustine', circa 1645, accession M.88.177 (checked for the portrait only; not used for any scoring).
- Wikimedia Commons file page 'Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg' (checked for the portrait only; not used for any scoring).





