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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unity church causes
There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.
sheep miracle catholic
In the Catholic Church, there are many other things which most justly keep me in her bosom. The consent of peoples and nations keeps me in the Church; so does her authority, inaugurated by miracles, nourished by hope, enlarged by love, established by age. The succession of priests keeps me, beginning from the very seat of the Apostle Peter, to whom the Lord, after His resurrection, gave it in charge to feed His sheep (Jn 21:15-19), down to the present episcopate.
rome cities victory
The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity,
scary church salvation
There is no salvation outside the church.
flesh firsts would-be
It was in His flesh that Christ walked among us and it is His flesh that He has given us to eat for our salvation; but no one eats of this flesh without having first adored it . . . and not only do we not sin in thus adoring it, but we would be sinning if we did not do so.
unity benefits body
Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed, more to their own harm, in that they are judged the more severely rather than being liberated.
church matter authority
What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority.
father watches steps
Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me.
masters chaste catholicism
O Master, make me chaste, but not yet!
majesty praise lord
Can any praise be worthy of the Lord's majesty?
singing
Cantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves." (s. 336, 1 – PL 38, 1472).
weight
My weight is my love.
saved
For in our hope we are saved.
time ends end-times
Modo, et modo, non habebent modum. By-and-by has no end.