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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without-you guides downfall
For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
praise duty ought
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
grants asks
God grants us not always what we ask so as to bestow something preferable.
what-matters doe rejoice
What matters it to me if someone does not understand this? Let him too rejoice and say, “What is this?” Let him rejoice even at this, and let him love to find you while not finding it out, rather than, while finding it out, not to find you.
encouragement stars ocean
Men go forth to wonder at the height of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the ocean, the course of the stars-and forget to wonder at themselves. Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
first-love firsts invitations
There is no greater invitation to love than loving first.
father believe men
Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."
limits doe reason
God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.
paradise hell mercy
If But for the Mercy of my Lord, that my paradise becomes a woman's hell.
god-love
Love God, then do what you will.
lord captives
Make me a captive Lord, then I shall be truly free.
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.
flesh thee
Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee.