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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hope two despair
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
men two suffering
If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
two knowledge-of-god world
Great are those two gifts, wisdom and continence: wisdom, forsooth, whereby we are formed in the knowledge of God; continence whereby we are not conformed to this world.
self two soul
For I wondered that others, subject to death, did live, since he whom I loved, as if he should never die, was dead; and I wondered yet more that myself, who was to him a second self, could live, he being dead. Well said one of his friend, "Thou half of my soul"; for I felt that my soul and his soul were "one soul in two bodies": and therefore was my life a horror to me, because I would not live halved. And therefore perchance I feared to die, lest he whom I had much loved should die wholly.
cute two giving
Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.
self cities two
Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God.
two reputation neighbour
Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.
son two unity
The Head and the body are Christ wholly and entirely. The Head is the only begotten Son of God, the body is His Church; the bridegroom and the bride, two in one flesh. All who dissent from the Scriptures concerning Christ, although they may be found in all places in which the Church is found, are not in the Church; and again all those who agree with the Scriptures concerning the Head, and do not communicate in the unity of the Church, are not in the Church
friendship hands two-friends
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
two giving catholic
Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.
faith two self
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.
self cities two
Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former glories in itself - the latter in God.
two-friends judging losing-friends
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will...
hope daughter two
Hope has two lovely daughters, anger and courage.