Augustine hears the story of Victorinus, a famous Roman scholar (and translator of Platonic texts) whose conversion to Christianity captured the attention of both Christians and non-Christians. The story inspires Augustine to follow the example of Victorinus by doing what?

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Augustine hears the story of Victorinus, a famous Roman scholar (and translator of Platonic texts) whose conversion to Christianity captured the attention of both Christians and non-Christians. The story inspires Augustine to follow the example of Victorinus by doing what?

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Lorelai Russell · Answer 1

Embracing the Christian Faith

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Augustine was a Neoplatonic philosopher and theologian. Before his conversion, he had undergone torturous mental agonies. When Augustine tells the story of his agonies to Simplicianus, a priest of Milan, he narrated the story of how Victorinus embraced Christian faith. This moved Augustine. He argued that if an intellectual like Victorinus could embrace Christanity at such an advanced age, why not he? This proved a great motivating factor for Augustine who said "he was ardent to follow Victorinus example.