Augustin ble omvendt i år 386 – en sentral lærer i forholdet mellom tro og viten
I dagens onsdagsaudiens i Paul VI’s auditorium (det er nok fortsatt kaldt i Roma) snakket pave Benedikt for tredje gang om den hellige Augustin, og han mintes hvordan pave Johannes Paul II i 1986, ved 1600-års-jubileet for Augustins omvendelse, skrev sitt apostoliske brev «Augustinum Hipponensem» as a form of «thanksgiving to God for the gift that He has made to the Church, and through her to the whole human race, with this wonderful conversion».
After announcing that Augustine’s conversion – «a fundamental theme not only for the saint’s life but also for our own» – will be the subject of his next and final catechesis on the saint, the Pope indicated that he would dedicate his remarks today to the question of faith and reason, «a vital aspect of St. Augustine’s biography».
St. Augustine’s «intellectual and spiritual journey still represents a valid model for the relationship between faith and reason today, …
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