of theologians and clergy. Theology prevailed as queen of sciences and clergy influenced

the affairs of both kings and common people. The church was definitely the most

dominant power as a landowner, lawmaker and tax administrator. The social impact of

medieval times’ religious figures and issues was similar to the social impact of today’s

political figures and issues. Because of religious and secular reasons, people of medieval

times considered sin, death and devil very seriously. Thus, the theologians of monastic

schools and universities took the responsibility of defining man’s religious nature and

destiny. These theologians were learned and talented men whose reflections about the

religion influenced many ecclesiastical laws and ordinances that governed daily life and

popular devotional practices that consumed religious energies. My argument is that none

of these learned men influenced medieval theology and religion more than Saint

Augustine. What Plato and Aristotle were to medieval philosophy, Augustine was to

medieval theology. The fundamentals of western religious thinking about sin and grace,

the Middle Ages. However, they both agreed that something very was lost from human

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