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Augustine of Hippo

Read through the most famous quotes from Augustine of Hippo




When I come to be united to thee with all my being, then there will be no more pain and toil for me, and my life shall be a real life, being wholly filled by thee.


— Augustine of Hippo


#confessional #god #hope #life

The happy life is this - to rejoice to thee, in thee, and for thee.


— Augustine of Hippo


#life

His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation.


— Augustine of Hippo


#philosophy #theology #change

Lord Jesus, don't let me lie when I say that I love you...and protect me, for today I could betray you.


— Augustine of Hippo


#jesus #love #love

I heard Your voice from on high. "I am the food of the fully grown. Grow and you will feed on me. And you will not change Me into you, like the food of flesh eats. But you will be changed into Me.


— Augustine of Hippo


#change

When it happens that I am more moved by the song than the thing which is sung, I confess that I sin in a manner deserving punishment


— Augustine of Hippo


#music

Man is a great depth, O Lord... but the hairs of his head are easier by far to count than... the movements of his heart.


— Augustine of Hippo


#inspirational

Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves


— Augustine of Hippo


#passion #love

Prayer is the key that opens heaven; the favors we ask descend upon us the very instant our prayers ascend to God.


— Augustine of Hippo


#christian #god #inspirational #jesus #religion

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.


— Augustine of Hippo


#habit #necessity #resisted #soon






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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