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Augustine of Hippo

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God is best known in not knowing him.


— Augustine of Hippo


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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?


— Augustine of Hippo


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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.


— Augustine of Hippo


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This world's a bubble.


— Augustine of Hippo


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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.


— Augustine of Hippo


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The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?


— Augustine of Hippo


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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.


— Augustine of Hippo


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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.


— Augustine of Hippo


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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.


— Augustine of Hippo


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In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.


— 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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