Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
- #AugustineofHippo
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They could not exercise the most cherished legal right of a citizen—the right of establishing a posthumous heir. But #AugustineOfHippo & other leaders of the early church did bend their genders spiritually to become “brides of Christ”.
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According to #AugustineOfHippo, “There is nothing which degrades the manly spirit more than the attractiveness of females & contact w/their bodies.” He even argued for #GayMarriage, that Adam would have been better served w/a Steve than an Eve in the Garden of Eden:
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There is one within me who is more myself than myself.
- #AugustineofHippo
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DYK early church fathers, like #AugustineOfHippo, repudiated Rome's diverse sexuality & insisted all non-procreative sex, from #AnalSex to #zoophilia, was sinful? For them, #EmperorConstantine made all sex outside of coitus in marriage a crime.
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True identity and primal unity are not seen with physical eyes or with the aid of another sense but are seen by the Intellect.
- #AugustineofHippo
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The crown of victory is promised only to those who engage in the struggle.
- #AugustineofHippo
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Miracles do not happen in contradiction to nature, but only in contradiction to that which is known to us in nature.
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Happy Wednesday!
Where is patience quietly guiding your progress?
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
#AugustineofHippo
Trust the pace—progress is unfolding. 🌱
#WednesdayWisdom #PatientSteps #SteadyProgress #VargasAndVargasInsurance #DorchesterMA #NeponsetRiver
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Where I found truth, there I found my God.
- #AugustineofHippo
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DYK early church fathers, like #AugustineOfHippo, repudiated Rome's diverse sexuality & insisted all non-procreative sex, from #AnalSex to #zoophilia, was sinful? For them, #EmperorConstantine made all sex outside of coitus in marriage a crime.
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📜 St. Augustine: Christ the Man
In Letter 14, Augustine of Hippo reflects on Christ as true God and true man, the foundation of our faith.
👉 recoletos.org/san_nicolas/agustin-hipo...
#StAugustine #AugustineOfHippo #Christology #Faith #RecoletosFamily
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What does it avail me that this birth is always happening, if it does not happen in me? That it should happen in me is what matters.
- #AugustineofHippo
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DYK #AugustineOfHippo adopted #Zoroaster's teaching of duality? Good & evil now divided the world in two. The spirit world was good. The physical world was evil. The soul wins rewards or punishments—for eternity. Christian doctrine would be nothing w/o Zoroaster.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
- #AugustineofHippo
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Do you wish to be great?
Then begin by being.
Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?
Think first about the foundations of humility.
The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
- #AugustineofHippo
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
- #AugustineofHippo
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DKY 4thC #AugustineOfHippo taught #SexPlay & coitus, even for making a baby, was always a sin? It stained offspring w/#OriginalSin. The Catholic church still holds this early medieval #DangerousChurchDoctrine. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. Blog8 HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
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Algerian-Roman theologian and writer Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was BOTD in 354. #saintaugustine #augustineofhippo #maybegays
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image from Black Coffee Calvinist with quote from Augustin of Hippo
Today in #history: Augustine of Hippo is born. (354 CE) #OnThisDay #AugustineOfHippo
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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
- #AugustineofHippo
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Who puts on wisdom, puts on grief.
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DYK early church fathers, like #AugustineOfHippo, repudiated Rome's diverse sexuality & insisted all non-procreative sex, from #AnalSex to #zoophilia, was sinful? For them, #EmperorConstantine made all sex outside of coitus in marriage a crime.
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effervescencesmedievales
The fate reserved for the followers of paganism in the City of #Dieu , v. 1480.
Macon, Mediaatheque and Municipal Archives, ms 1, f. 260.
#pagan #gods #demons #devils
#DeCivitateDei #medieval #medievalart
#enfer #AugustineofHippo #StAugustine #art #history #historyofart
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Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
- #AugustineofHippo
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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
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How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity.
- #AugustineofHippo, 'Confessions'
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A part which fails to harmonise with the whole is a source of mischief.
- #AugustineofHippo
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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. - Augustine of Hippo
#AugustineofHippo #love
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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
- #AugustineofHippo
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