tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post115646962072476144..comments2023-10-29T20:50:33.666-04:00Comments on hyperekperissou: Augustine and MePhil Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-19465274900460508012010-08-29T11:01:47.415-04:002010-08-29T11:01:47.415-04:00Phil, I came to your blog via Mike Aquilina's ...Phil, I came to your blog via Mike Aquilina's http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/, where he linked to you about St. Augustine. After seeing that you have a list of what you are currently translating, I had to check out your profile. Mirabile visu, I found that you are a Latin teacher, too! I have been a Latin teacher for 20 years, mostly high school, with a brief stint of middle school and university teaching in the eary-mid 90s. At the moment I am translating the Aeneid for our nine-year old son, hopefully for his birthday next year.<br /><br />At any rate, I, too, am a huge fan of St. Augustine. I nearly quit teaching Latin, however, when I read in Confessions about his walking out after the winter break, unwilling to teach the pagan mythologies any more. I am on my journey toward Rome, having been a Protestant my entire life. Our good brother from Hippo has a lot to do with that journey.<br /><br />God bless you in your own work...with your students and with your translations.Magister Christianushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087270710114392727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-1156607081894719282006-08-26T11:44:00.000-04:002006-08-26T11:44:00.000-04:00cogitatorThanks for the comments. It is good to kn...cogitator<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments. It is good to know that there are others out there who are fans of Augustine. I haven't read the <I>de libero arbitrio</I>, but, as part of the Beginners Intensive Augustine, I did read the <I>de civitate dei</I>. Not the easiest book, but well worth the time to read it. <BR/><BR/>As part of a library expedition with my wife, I did pick up a group of Augustine's sermons which I'm hoping to read in the next month or so. I've read a few of those and have enjoyed them quite a bit. <BR/><BR/>The good thing about Augustine is that, like any great thinkers, you can have reservations about what he has to say (why, even he did, otherwise, why did he write the <I>Retractiones</I>? Even just bouncing ideas off of him is important. <BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/>PhilPhil Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944477827816680359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356730.post-1156563304191240812006-08-25T23:35:00.000-04:002006-08-25T23:35:00.000-04:00I know exactly what you mean (only different). ;) ...I know exactly what you mean (only different). ;) Although I was raised a Presby, and so perhaps had not quite as far to go towards faith, I too know the holy influence of St. Augustine. I read his Confessions my first year in college, which created a hunger for his works. Then I got into his De libero arbitrio, next his Enchridion, then a number of studies on him, and, if memory serves, De doctrina christiana. Since then I've read much more topically and still have De civitate dei waiting for me on my shelf. I was simply mesmerized by his zeal, tenderness and intelligence. He put me in touch with the world of the Fathers. And, while I have various reservations about him in this or that respect, I still cherish him as a great advocate and patron for me in the Church. I am now a Catholic so I'm not speaking bombastically or metaphorically. I suppose I've gone on at such length because your post rang some bells, touched my heart from back in the day. Thanks and cheers!Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.com