Augustine "Infancy"

1. What did being a bishop mean, and why that an important question when reading the Confessions?

      Being a bishop at the time of Augustine was not only a religious position, but also a political position. Since Christianity had recently become Rome's main religion, there had to be a hierarchy of church positions, and bishops were one of those positions. Bishops would typically be responsible for a small city-state and their church. this is important to keep in mind while reading the Confessions because Augustine himself was a bishop, so he had a great deal of power and people looking up to him. This makes it more amazing that he pours himself like this in his book because he had so much authority, and he was making himself very vulnerable.