The Word Among Us

January/February 2024 Issue

St. Augustine’s Search for Truth

A Tumultuous Journey

By: John Cavadini

St. Augustine’s Search for Truth: A Tumultuous Journey by John Cavadini

We all share a universal desire to know the truth. In the fourth century AD, St. Augustine searched for the truth by exploring various philosophical theories. But all his efforts left him feeling empty—that is, until he encountered Jesus Christ. Finally, he had found the truth. And that truth set him free.

Baptism Deferred. St. Augustine was born in 354 in a small town in Roman North Africa to a devout Christian mother named Monica and a...

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