Saint Augustine Quotes

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• As to those other things which we hold on the authority, not of Scripture, but of tradition, and which are observed throughout the whole world,…
• What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to…
• The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw contempt on the customs…
• The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty: therefore, if it…
• That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left…
• Temporal punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by some after death, by some both here and hereafter, but all of them before…
• It was in His flesh that Christ walked among us and it is His flesh that He has given us to eat for our salvation;…
• It is this one Spirit who makes it possible for an infant to be regenerated . . . when that infant is brought to baptism;…
• Such then in number and importance are the precious ties belonging to the Christian name which keep a believer in the Catholic Church, as it…
• And so, lastly, does the very name of "Catholic", which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained; so that, though…
• In the Catholic Church, there are many other things which most justly keep me in her bosom. The consent of peoples and nations keeps me…
• There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.
• What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to…
• If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.
• Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself. Deep within man there dwells the truth.
• Love, and He will draw near; love, and He will dwell within you.
• Singing is a lover's thing.
• The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but…
• Our life is a gymnasium of desire.... When Christians say "God," what do we wish to express? This word is all that we yearn for."
• When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete.

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