The Road to Emmaus with Scott Hahn
Aug 14, 2026 · 52 min · 10 segments
In this episode of The Road to Emmaus, Dr. Scott Hahn is joined by Rob Corzine, the Vice President of Academic Programs at the St. Paul Center. Together they discuss St. Augustine’s masterwork, The…
Scott HahnHost
Rob CorzineGuest
Okay, so for a topic, what I've chosen is something of mutual interest to the both of us, especially since Pope Leo acceded to, uh, the throne of Peter.
Uh, and that is our Augustinian Pope has called a lot of attention to the work of St. Augustine.
I mean, that's the background, but more in the foreground, I wanna propose that in God's providence, we have two anniversaries colliding.
but we have celebrated the 4th of July and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and it was a, a joyful time, you know, for different folks and in different ways.
But on the other hand, this anniversary that, uh, we celebrate today at least, I mean, has gone barely recognized, and that is what is arguably the greatest work of the greatest of the church fathers, and that is his massive work called The City of God, which he began around the year 413, and only 13 years later in 426-
But the best of all is that we're coming out here at the St. Paul Center with our own edition in the-
And so that comes later this year, but it comes in an auspicious time because we are celebrating what, in effect, is the 1600th anniversary of what is arguably Augustine's greatest work.
And I think a lot of people are familiar with On Christian Doctrine, uh, On the Cr- On the Trinity, and, and so many other things, but this is a blockbuster.
You know, in the sense that prior to Augustine, I mean, I suppose people have said that Confessions represents the first example of a new literary genre, and that is a kind of personal autobiography.
Okay, so for a topic, what I've chosen is something of mutual interest to the both of us, especially since Pope Leo acceded to, uh, the throne of Peter.
Uh, and that is our Augustinian Pope has called a lot of attention to the work of St. Augustine.
I mean, that's the background, but more in the foreground, I wanna propose that in God's providence, we have two anniversaries colliding.
but we have celebrated the 4th of July and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and it was a, a joyful time, you know, for different folks and in different ways.
But on the other hand, this anniversary that, uh, we celebrate today at least, I mean, has gone barely recognized, and that is what is arguably the greatest work of the greatest of the church fathers, and that is his massive work called The City of God, which he began around the year 413, and only 13 years later in 426-
But the best of all is that we're coming out here at the St. Paul Center with our own edition in the-
And so that comes later this year, but it comes in an auspicious time because we are celebrating what, in effect, is the 1600th anniversary of what is arguably Augustine's greatest work.
And I think a lot of people are familiar with On Christian Doctrine, uh, On the Cr- On the Trinity, and, and so many other things, but this is a blockbuster.
You know, in the sense that prior to Augustine, I mean, I suppose people have said that Confessions represents the first example of a new literary genre, and that is a kind of personal autobiography.
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