In 395, he was made coadjutor Bishop of Hippo and became full Bishop shortly thereafter,[1] hence the name "Augustine of Hippo"; and he gave his property to the church of Thagaste.[2] He remained in that position until his death in 430. Bishops were the only individuals allowed to preach when he was alive and he scheduled time to preach after being ordained despite a busy schedule made up of preparing sermons and preaching at other churches besides his own.[3]When serving as the Bishop of Hippo, his goal was to minister to individuals in his congregation and he would choose the passages that the church planned to read every week.[4] As bishop, he believed that it was his job to interpret the work of the Bible.[4] He wrote his autobiographical Confessions in 397–398. His work The City of God was written to console his fellow Christians shortly after the Visigoths had sacked Rome in 410.[5] Augustine worked tirelessly to convince the people of Hippo to convert to Christianity. Though he had left his monastery, he continued to lead a monastic life in the episcopal residence.
- ^ Brown 2000.
- ^ Augustine, ep.126.1
- ^ Sanlon, Peter T. (2014). Augustine's Theology of Preaching. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Fortress Press. ISBN 978-1-4514-8278-2.
- ^ a b Oort, Johannes van (2009-10-05). "Augustine, His Sermons, and Their Significance". HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies. 65: 1–10.
- ^ O'Donnell, James J. (1985). Augustine. Boston: Twayne Publishers. p. 12. ISBN 0-8057-6609-X.