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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love philosophical jealous
He that is jealous is not in love.
heart dark dwelling
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
god love-is spirituality
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
baptism new-life repent
No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.
funny witty philosophical
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
lions moral sanity
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
faith men support
Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.
easter heart sight
And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here.
love hate forgiving
That your enemies have been created is God's doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? "Lord be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!" You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.
inspirational wisdom patience
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
good-life
You can live, provided you live; that is, you can live for ever, provided you live a good life.
love god jesus
Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.
christian-inspirational religion christianity
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
grace good-work very-good
Grace alone brings about every good work in us.