Books : Augustine the Farmers Boy of Tagaste
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by: P. De Zeeuw, T. De Zeeuw
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 270.2092
EAN: 9780921100058
ISBN: 0921100051
Label: Inheritance Pubn
Manufacturer: Inheritance Pubn
Number Of Pages: 93
Publication Date: 1988-06
Publisher: Inheritance Pubn
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 465662
Studio: Inheritance Pubn
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Rating:  - Horrible revision of History
This book takes time to slam the Catholic Church and seems to be it's main aim. Augustine did not revive the Church back to the word of God. If you know your history, the Bible was not compiled in it's first version until late 390 AD. Augustine only lived 30 more years past this, there were no printing presses and back then, it took over 3 years wages just to purchase your own Bible. How many Bible's would be in the world today if each copy cost $120,000 (using $40k as an average, which might be ... Read More
Rating:  - Great man; children's biography
This is a short, children's biography; I read the 93 pages in about an hour. The account begins in Augustine's childhood, and depicts his very wayward life. His mother, Monica, follows him throughout his years of wickedness with her love, prayers, and tears. It would be an encouraging story to mothers who see their children walking apart from the Lord. God does hear and answer prayer. The book includes his conversion and later service in the church, concluding with his passing from death into ... Read More
Rating: - Catholics should take note...
Overall, I think the book is a decent overview of Augustine's life. The author did take some liberties with historical fact, however. He also seems to have a very dim view of the Catholic faith. The most blatant remark comes at the end. On page 93 the author states, "We are grateful to the Lord for giving the church a man like Augustine. It is regrettable that after his death the church was corrupted and became Roman Catholic."
This is one of the few children's books on Augustine, ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Biography of the Transforming Power of Christ
I was amazed to read this biography of Augustine. This biography tells the sordid life of Augustine. Like the prodigal son, he made devastating choices in his life that grieved his parents and family. A breakdown under a fig tree brought Augustine to the end of himself and to the transforming power of Christ. Augustine became one of the greatest among the Church Fathers, combatting false teachings. His work to return the church to the Bible as the infallible Word of God was continued centuries later ... Read More
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