Augustine and his childhood On
the 13th of November, 354 A.D., a child was born to a pagan father,
Patricius, and a Christian mother, Monica, in Tagaste, North Africa. He
was not very strong; most books, including his Confessions describe him
as puny. He needed the additional milk of the slave women, never having
enough. He grew up in the women's quarters, and at an early age, learned
how to get what he wanted; and what he wanted was usually that which
pleased his senses. As an infant, he soon discovered when to smile and
when to cry. The infant grew into the boy and then the man later using
anger to barrel his way through life and the stormy society into which
he had been born. Monica tried to rear her son, carefully. He was plainly the favorite, of her three children, even though he had inherited much of the self-will and violent temper of his father. From his earliest years, he had a haunting, gnawing, seeking of something or someone, that was to lead him into pain and questioning for most of his life. He wanted to understand everything. His mother was born of generations of Christians. Although her husband was much older than Monica, she was stronger, especially in her Christian beliefs and practices. She looked upon their union as Holy and Sacramental, which very often became a thorn in her husband's side. As she was extremely beautiful; her Holiness and her husband's lustful desire of her were not compatible. How she tried to convert him, but to no avail! All her fasting, abstinence and religious observances did not help to draw him to the Church, either. Rather, it annoyed him; he wanted her all for himself! Out of love for her, he did, however, allow all their children's names to be inscribed among the catechumens. Saint Augustine's education started before he was born, Saint Monica consecrating him to God and to His service. He wrote, "he tasted the salt of God within his mother's womb." When Augustine was eight or nine years old, he became gravely ill, close to death. He asked to be baptized; but he soon recovered, and he set it aside. It was the accepted custom of the time, to wait until the threat of death before baptizing. They believed there were so many temptations for a child to succumb to, it would be better if he were an ignorant catechumen sinning, rather than a Baptized Christian whose sins would be more serious. Saint Augustine, in company with other Fathers of the Church of his time, would help to eradicate this error from the Church. Read More Continued click here |
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