CROSS AND WORDS

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Across
  1. 1. The North African city where Augustine pursued advanced studies, taught rhetoric, and became deeply entangled in worldly ambitions.
  2. 4. The Bishop of Milan whose preaching and allegorical interpretation of Scripture helped Augustine address intellectual objections to Christianity.
  3. 5. The art of persuasive speaking that Augustine studied and taught, initially pursuing professional success through eloquence.
  4. 7. The fruit Augustine and his companions stole from a neighbor's tree during his adolescence, an incident he later used to examine the nature of sin and the human attraction to wrongdoing.
  5. 9. The Egyptian desert ascetic whose radical commitment to the Christian life became a model in the conversion stories that challenged Augustine.
  6. 11. The two-word Latin imperative meaning “Take up and read,” heard by Augustine during his garden crisis and followed by his opening of Scripture.
  7. 12. Augustine’s close friend who shared important stages of his intellectual and spiritual journey and was present during the events surrounding his conversion.
  8. 13. Augustine’s father, who arranged for his son’s education and hoped for his social advancement, despite not sharing Monica’s Christian devotion.
  9. 14. The experienced Christian adviser who related the conversion of the Roman orator Victorinus and encouraged Augustine toward Catholic belief.
Down
  1. 2. The North African city where Augustine eventually served as bishop and exercised pastoral leadership.
  2. 3. A central human longing examined by Augustine as he reflects on pleasure, ambition, attachment, sin, and the search for lasting fulfillment.
  3. 6. Augustine’s mother, remembered for her persistent prayers, concern, and steadfast hope for her son’s conversion.
  4. 7. The visitor whose account of fellow imperial officials abandoning worldly careers for Christian devotion intensified Augustine’s inner conflict.
  5. 8. The personal name traditionally given as the first part of Augustine’s full Roman name, before the name Augustinus.
  6. 10. Augustine’s hometown in Roman North Africa, where he was born and spent his early years before continuing his education elsewhere.