Chapter Eleven

The Acts of the Apostles introduced us to Paul, the Jewish Christian convert whose writings would become profoundly influential to the development of Christian thought and doctrine. These writings, a series of letters at the philosophical core of the New Testament, fed in powerful ways the spiritual and intellectual growth of the early Christian philosopher Augustine of Hippo in the late fourth and early fifth century CE. Together, Paul's and Augustine's thinking, along with the teaching and example of Jesus, form the foundation of what we know as Christianity today.