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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grace good-work very-good
Grace alone brings about every good work in us.
old-habits evil grace
I too have sworn heedlessly and all the time, I have had this most repulsive and death-dealing habit. I'm telling your graces; from the moment I began to serve God , and saw what evil there is in forswearing oneself, I grew very afraid indeed, and out of fear I applied the brakes to this old, old, habit.
grace liberty virtue
It is not in virtue of its liberty that the human will attains to grace, it is much rather by grace that it attains to liberty.
humble grace proud
It is not that we keep His commandments first and that then He loves but that He loves us and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace which is revealed to the humble but hidden from the proud.
adversity grace soul
Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.
grace ask-me asks
What is grace? I know until you ask me; when you ask me, I do not know.
men grace free-will
I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.
order grace done
For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.
law grace sin
The law detects, grace alone conquers sin.
horse philosophical grace
Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
heart people grace
What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith.
real accomplishment grace
Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace .
marvel pass people rivers themselves travel
People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars; and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.
loved
Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.