Ad salutem humani

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The encyclical Ad salutem humani wrote Pope Pius XI. on April 20, 1930 “On the occasion of the 1500th anniversary of the death of St. Augustine of Hippo ”. Augustine was Bishop of Hippo (today Annaba ), philosopher and one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church .

Augustine of Hippo ( Simone Martini )

Pius XI. writes about the saint: Augustine remained present in the life of the Church, in the Spirit and in the culture of the whole of the West. The exemplary nature of his way of life and the documents of his teaching were then suggested by the popes for study and imitation. Pope Leo XIII. had praised his philosophical teachings in his encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879) and Pope Benedict XV. also went into intellectual creativity in the encyclical Pacem, Dei munus pulcherrimum (1920).

Pope Pius XI In this encyclical has given a summary of the virtues and thinking of Augustine of Hippo. He explained that because of his acumen and his intellectual gifts, his teaching, his saintly life and the defense of the true Catholic faith or no safe, very few can be compared with him. Also in the encyclical Divini illius magistri (1929) "On the Christian Education of the Young" Pius XI. referred to Augustine.

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