Augustine was born in A.D. 354 in a city in Africa. His father was not a Christian when Augustine was a child, but later became a Christine like his mother, Monica. Monica prayed for a long time about her husband's conversion from pagan to Christianity. Augustine had many gifts and talents and soon enough his parents realized this and sent him to get the best education possible. When he was seventeen years old he had …showed first 75 words of 463 total…

…showed last 75 words of 463 total…from attacks, but managed to survive another 1000 years. There were debates against the central government in Constantinople that brought forth taxes that had no return benefits. Of these debates, the emperors came up with a compromise that would satisfy both parties in order to regain the loyalty of the people. The East and West churches constantly had conflicts on beliefs which later the Eastern church's belief held better with the people than the Western church.