Augustine and his mate
Image via Wikipedia Who we pal around with can shape our eternal destiny. Alipius found it so. From North Africa , he was a close friend of a teacher named Augustine in the fourth and fifth centuries. Augustine and Alipius sinned together and Alipius followed Augustine when he joined the Manichean religion. Alipius' father did not care for Augustine's influence over his son and told his son to stay away from Augustine. Alipius moved to Rome and became a magistrate there. After a while, Augustine followed his friend to Rome. Augustine, already a notable teacher of rhetoric in Carthage, tried his hand at teaching in Rome, but his students cheated him of his fees. Offered a teaching position in Milan , Augustine accepted. Alipius resigned his own position and the two friends headed north together. Their friendship continued. Milan's Bishop Ambrose was a skilled orator. Augustine went to hear h Image via Wikipedia im and was impressed not only by his power with words