Augustine of Hippo
Church father · died 430
Bishop of Hippo in North Africa from 396, the most influential teacher of the Latin church. His Confessions tell of his conversion at Milan under Ambrose’s preaching. His 124 Tractates on the Gospel of John, sermons preached at Hippo, go through the Gospel verse by verse.
Quoted For
- John 7:53–8:11 “And every man went unto his own house …”
The church fathers are the early Christian writers. Their quotations show which reading was known, where, and when, often earlier than any manuscript of the passage that survives.
