Saint Augustine: Episode Four
The Saints
The Merry Beggars
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Milan. 384 A.D. Eight years after leaving Thagaste, Augustine is a respected orator in far-off Milan, where he holds a position in the imperial court. But despite his achievements, his growing disbelief in Truth pushes him to despair. From these dark depths he discovers the words of another gifted orator who changes his life!
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Saint Augustine teaches us lessons of humility, perseverance, and the transformative power of grace. Despite his early years spent in sensual pursuits and intellectual pride, his restless heart yearned for truth. His mother’s unwavering prayers and his own searching spirit ultimately led him to surrender in humility to God’s call. In his moment of conversion, Augustine’s story reminds us that no soul is beyond redemption and that true wisdom begins in humility before God.
This series contains moments of intensity and fear. Augustine struggles with his passionate nature and against carnal pleasures. He is depicted in a non-Christian relationship, with their child. A gladiator fight can be overheard. Voices are raised in argument. A character dies of illness. A boy is separated from his mother. A government persecution of the church is portrayed.
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| 0:31.6 | Milan, 384 AD. |
| 0:35.7 | Eight years after leaving Tagaste, Augustine is a respected orator in far-off Europe, where he holds a position in the Imperial Roman Court. |
| 0:45.3 | But despite his achievements, his growing disbelief in truth pushes him into despair. |
| 0:51.3 | From these dark depths, he discovers the words of another gifted orator who changes his life. |
| 1:03.0 | The Saints. Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 1:09.0 | St. Augustine. |
| 1:14.6 | Episode 4, The Cost of Sight. |
| 1:35.5 | Listen to all the episodes and discover new shows at the truth, Lord. |
| 1:40.2 | I had rejected the manichies and all their hypocrisy, |
| 1:45.6 | yet I could not stop my mind's eye being plunged into the pit. |
| 1:49.5 | But you were caressing my weary hair, O God. |
| 1:54.6 | You were closing my eyes to vanity, though I knew it not. |
| 1:59.8 | And in this resting, I ceased from myself a little. |
| 2:04.9 | And in my waking, I saw you infinite. The Ariens argued that Christ is unequal to the Father. |
| 2:22.3 | But Christ himself said, |
| 2:24.3 | The Father and I are one. |
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