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Jul 15, 2022 · To settle the dispute, into the ring stepped Augustine’s dog. Full disclosure: the up-and-coming Spanish priest Paulus Orosius (385-420) was not actually a dog, nor was he the property of St. Augustine. Rather, he considered himself a guard dog for God and his Church. As he once wrote, “perceiving the difference between their masters and ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Hence Augustine says (Gen. ad lit. viii, 25) that “the spiritual creatures receive no other interior aid to happiness than the eternity, truth, and charity of the Creator. But if they can be said to be helped from without, perhaps it is only by this that they see one another and rejoice in God, at their fellowship. (ST, I-II., q.4, a.8, resp.)
- Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow. Saint Augustine. Forever, Catholic, Soul.
- The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. Saint Augustine. Lions, Moral, Sanity.
- A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.
- Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him. Saint Augustine. Love, God, Jesus.
Sep 2, 2013 · Many people believe that a pet goes to Heaven upon its death. I was curious, what did the Early Church Fathers (e.g., Augustine, John of Damascus, Tertullian, etc.) say about this?
Feb 10, 2024 · Augustine's understanding of the Trinity is a profound exploration of the complex interplay between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit within the Godhead. Central to his theological framework is the concept of unity in diversity, wherein the three persons of the Trinity are distinct yet inseparable, forming a harmonious union.
Jun 11, 2020 · Published June 11, 2020. Once on a bus ride through the lush green hills of Jordan, on the side of the road I saw a border collie like mine. It was standing quietly next to a young Bedouin shepherd busily moving his hands as he spoke to an older man. I watched the dog’s head turn slow and steady. Scanning from side to side, the black and ...
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This latter tradition is found already in the desert fathers,63 and is praised by John Chrysostom in the fourth century, who himself spent ten years in the desert.64 It is followed later by the Celtic Saints,65 and celebrated in the Franciscan tradition, notably by St Bonaventure and Raymond Sebond,66 though even on St Francis' example caveats have been entered.67 Praise of the animal creation ...
