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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trample
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
despairing god knowledge man senseless suffer understanding
God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless; and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless
abstinence easier
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
weakness
When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
delight contemplation teach
Teach correctly... Find delight in contemplation.
soul sin shut-up
If you excuse yourself in confession, you shut up sin within your soul, and shut out pardon.
peace government justice
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
poison dies
To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
punishment suffering lasts
Temporal punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by some after death, by some both here and hereafter, but all of them before that last and strictest judgment. But not all who suffer temporal punishments after death will come to eternal punishments, which are to follow after that judgment.
catholic praying
To sing is to pray twice.
hope two despair
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
path walking
Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.
lions moral sanity
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
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.