QUESTIONS OVER

RESTLESS HEART: THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE MOVIE

Take notes during the movie. After you have watched the entire film, answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. Answer using three or more sentences each.

  1. How was Augustine’s pride in his own gifts contrasted by his growing understanding that all was God’s gift to him?
  2. How does our society still rely on the early Augustine’s reliance on the power of words to shape reality?
  3. Based on Augustine’s story, do you think the human person really needs the truth to live well?
  4. Does it make sense to withhold Christian baptism until the end of one’s life? Why or why not?
  5. When Khalida leaves Augustine and Adeodatus, Augustine’s response seems atypical of someone who has been abandoned. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
  6. When Valerius orders the Roman army to take Ambrose’s Cathedral in Milan for the Empress and her Arian congregation, what does the violence of the “City of Man” teach Augustine?
  7. What were Monica’s strengths and weaknesses?
  8. What would you say was the main lesson of Augustine’s life?

QUESTIONS OVER

RESTLESS HEART: THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE MOVIE

Take notes during the movie. After you have watched the entire film, answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. Answer using three or more sentences each.

  1. How was Augustine’s pride in his own gifts contrasted by his growing understanding that all was God’s gift to him?
  2. How does our society still rely on the early Augustine’s reliance on the power of words to shape reality?
  3. Based on Augustine’s story, do you think the human person really needs the truth to live well?
  4. Does it make sense to withhold Christian baptism until the end of one’s life? Why or why not?
  5. When Khalida leaves Augustine and Adeodatus, Augustine’s response seems atypical of someone who has been abandoned. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
  6. When Valerius orders the Roman army to take Ambrose’s Cathedral in Milan for the Empress and her Arian congregation, what does the violence of the “City of Man” teach Augustine?
  7. What were Monica’s strengths and weaknesses?
  8. What would you say was the main lesson of Augustine’s life?