BiographyType: Christian theologian Born: Born: 13 November 354 Died: Died: 28 August 430 Augustine of Hippo 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 (within modern-day Annaba, Algeria), located in Numidia (Roman province of Africa). Augustine 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". |
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed.
Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
Le bonheur, c'est continuer à désirer ce que l'on a déjà.
Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.
The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)
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