The Philosophies of St.Augustine and St.Bonaventure

2. St. Augustine
of Hippo
(Doctor of the Church)

3. Introduction
St. Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354 - 430) was an Algerian-
Roman philosopher and theologian of the late Roman / early
Medieval period. He is one of the most important early
figures in the development of Western Christianity, and was
a major figure in bringing Christianity to dominance in the
previously pagan Roman Empire. He is often considered the
father of orthodox theology and the greatest of the four
great fathers of the Latin Church (along with St. Ambrose, St.
Jerome and St. Gregory).

4. Unlike the later Scholastics who took Aristotle as
the classical model to be integrated into Christian
thought, Augustine developed a philosophical and
theological system which employed elements of Plato
and Neo-Platonism in support of Christian orthodoxy.
His many works profoundly influenced the medieval
worldview.

5. PHILOSOPHIES

16. Question:
Which of the given philosophies
do you like the most? Why?

17. St. Bonaventure
(Seraphic Doctor)

18. INTRODUCTION
Saint Bonaventure (Italian: San Bonaventura;
1221 – 15 July 1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian
medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The
seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he was
also Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonised on 14 April
1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in
the year 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. He is known as the "Seraphic
Doctor" (Latin: Doctor Seraphicus). Many writings believed in
the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name
Pseudo-Bonaventure.

19. PHILOSOPHIES

25. “Christ is our metaphysics.”
-Saint Bonaventure-

26. I have learned that...
Reflection: