Augustine claim as a Catholic and small c" catholic --- I agree with you Petru that Augustine, formally a Latin or Roman Catholic, exerted a universal or small “c” catholic appeal.

Augustine of Hippo was converted and baptized a Christian Catholic by Saint Ambrose (AD 387).

Augustine’s mother Monica, was a devout Christian (Catholic by denomination); his father Patricius Aurelius was a pagan who converted to Christianity on his deathbed.

Augustine had no religion prior to his conversion but taught philosophy and lived a very ‘liberal’ lifestyle. He was pagan in his disposition prior to his conversion to his mother’s Catholicism.

The Latin Catholics honored Augustine with the title “doctor of the church”. Augustine like Ambrose, who baptized Augustine, are both venerated as saints by the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, and various Lutheran denominations.

Source author: John D. Hipsley jhipsley@igc.org