Umthandazo ka-Augustine kuMoya oNgcwele
ISant'Agostino (354-430) udale lo mthandazo e Umoya ongcwele:
Phefulela kimi, Moya oNgcwele,
Imicabango yami mayibe ngcwele yonke.
Yenza kimi, Moya oNgcwele,
Sengathi nomsebenzi wami mawube ngcwele.
Hola inhliziyo yami, Moya oNgcwele,
Ukuze ngithande okungcwele.
Ngiqinise, Moya oNgcwele,
Ukuvikela konke okungcwele.
Ngakho-ke ngigcine, Moya oNgcwele,
Ukuze ngihlale ngingcwele.
Augustine kanye noZiqu-zintathu
Imfihlakalo kaZiqu-zintathu ibilokhu iyisihloko esibalulekile sengxoxo phakathi kwezazi zemfundiso yenkolo. Iminikelo kaSt Augustine ekuqondeni kweSonto imfundiso kaZiqu-zintathu ibhekwa njengenkulu kunawo wonke. Encwadini yakhe ethi 'On the Trinity' u-Augustine wachaza uZiqu-zintathu endabeni yobudlelwane, ehlanganisa ubunjalo bukaZiqu-zintathu 'njengomunye' nokwehlukaniswa kwabantu abathathu: uYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. U-Augustine wabuye wachaza yonke impilo yobuKristu njengenhlanganyelo nomuntu ngamunye waphezulu.
Augustine neQiniso
Augustine wabhala ngokufuna kwakhe iqiniso encwadini yakhe ethi Confessions. Wachitha ubusha bakhe ezama ukuqonda uNkulunkulu ukuze akholwe. Lapho ekugcineni u-Augustine ekholelwa kuNkulunkulu, waqaphela ukuthi yilapho kuphela lapho ukholelwa kuNkulunkulu lapho ungaqala khona ukumqonda. Augustine wabhala ngoNkulunkulu kwethi Confessions yakhe ngala mazwi: «okucashile kakhulu namanje kakhulu; . . . iqinile futhi ayitholakali, ayiguquki futhi iyashintsha; ayikaze ibe yintsha, ayigugi; . . . njalo emsebenzini, njalo uphumule; . . . uyafuna, kepha unakho konke. . . . ".
Augustine Doctor weBandla
Imibhalo nezimfundiso zikaSt Augustine zithathwa njengezinethonya elikhulu emlandweni weBandla. U-Augustine umiswe njengoDokotela Wesonto, okusho ukuthi iSonto likholelwa ukuthi ukuqonda nemibhalo yakhe kuyiminikelo ebalulekile ezimfundisweni zeSonto, njengesono sokuqala, inkululeko yokuzikhethela, kanye noZiqu-zintathu. Imibhalo yakhe yahlanganisa izinkolelo nezimfundiso zeSonto eziningi phezu kwezihlubuki eziningi ezingokwenkolo. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, u-Augustine wayengumvikeli weqiniso nomalusi wabantu bakhe.