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[[Image:St Augustine of Hippo.jpegjpg|right|thumb|300px220px|Blessed Augustine of Hippo<ref>Source:Wikisource</ref>.]]
'''Augustine of Hippo''' (354–430) is one of the great [[Church Fathers]] of the fourth century. He was the eldest son of [[Monica of Hippo|Saint Monica]].
==Reception of Augustine in the Orthodox Church==
[[Image:Augustine-Rose.jpg|right|thumb|250px220px|Book by Fr. [[Seraphim Rose]]]]
The [[Fifth Ecumenical Council]], held in Constantinople in A.D. 553, listed Augustine among other [[Church Fathers|Fathers of the Church]], though there is no unqualified endorsement of his [[theology]] mentioned (just as there is none for most saints of the Church):
==Quotes==
[[Image:Augustine of Hippo.jpeg|right|thumb|220px|Augustine of Hippo<ref>Source:Wikisource</ref>]]
===From ''The City of God''===
St. Augustine evidently originated the phrase "love the sinner, hate the sin", which he tied in with a privative notion of evil:
