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Augustine of Hippo

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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.


— Augustine of Hippo


#inspirational #faith

In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.


— Augustine of Hippo


#spiritual #inspirational

There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God.


— Augustine of Hippo


#faith #god #love #self #faith

A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot


— Augustine of Hippo


#christian-behavior #joy #behavior

I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed.


— Augustine of Hippo


#christianity #inspirational #religion #inspirational

Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.


— Augustine of Hippo


#inspirational

The good Christian should beware of mathematicians. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.


— Augustine of Hippo


#humor #math #humor

The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.


— Augustine of Hippo


#peace-of-mind #anxiety

Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.


— Augustine of Hippo


#inspirational

The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)


— Augustine of Hippo


#god #politics #saints #theology #harmony






About Augustine of Hippo

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Did you know about Augustine of Hippo?

Disturbed by the unruly behavior of the students in Carthage in 383 he moved to establish a school in Rome where he believed the best and brightest rhetoricians practiced. It is assumed that his mother Monica was of Berber origin on the basis of her name but as his family were honestiores an upper class of citizens known as honorable men Augustine's first language is likely to have been Latin. This belief was shared by many early Christians.

Many Protestants especially Calvinists consider him to be one of the theological fathers of the Protestant Reformation due to his teachings on salvation and divine grace. : /ɔːˈɡʌstɨn/ or /ˈɔːɡəstɪn/;Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) also known as St Augustine St Austin or St Augoustinos was a Father of the Church whose writings are considered very influential in the development of Western Christianity and philosophy. ".

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