Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin, Blessed Augustine, and the Doctor of Grace, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius, located in Numidia. He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions...
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Saint Augustine quotes about
beauty beautiful order
The entire most beautiful order of things that are very good, when their measures have been accomplished, is to pass away.
inspirational determination littles
You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones.
law unjust unjust-laws
Unjust laws aren't laws at all.
humility heaven kingdoms
No one reaches the kingdom of Heaven except by humility
humility charity
You cannot attain to charity except through humility.
god-love
Love God, then do what you will.
eye self light
I entered (into my inward self) and beheld with the eye of my soul...the Light Unchangeable.
inspirational christian religious
God will cleanse your sins if you yourself are dissatisfied with yourself and will keep on changing until you are perfect.
religious eye men
A young man had become possessed by a devil. The thing within him burst into loud lamentation and departed from the man. At once the youth's eye fell out on his cheek, and the whole of the pupil which had been black became white.
lord captives
Make me a captive Lord, then I shall be truly free.
taken men together
Woman does not possess the image of God in herself but only when taken together with the male who is her head, so that the whole substance is one image. But when she is assigned the role as helpmate, a function that pertains to her alone, then she is not the image of God. But as far as the man is concerned, he is by himself alone the image of God just as fully and completely as when he and the woman are joined together into one.
opposites race earth
It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by Scripture among the descendants of Adam.
elders
The playthings of our elders are called business.
hands holy-eucharist body
Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it.