
Episode 99: The Boy Who Stole Pears (Augustine's Confessions, Books 1-7)
Literature and History
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Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in 395
Augustine was Bishop of Hippo after 395. His church in 395 had a strong ally in the Emperor Enorius. However, in spite of robust imperial backing from the capital, at the regional level, in the year 395 Augustine inherited a fissured religious climate.
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