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Held Quotes by Saint Augustine
- Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh…
- What the universal Church holds, not as instituted [invented] by councils but as something always held, is most correctly believed to have been handed down…
- 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…
- Try as they may to savor the taste of eternity, their thoughts still twist and turn upon the ebb and flow of things in past…
- What then, is correctness of speech but the maintenance of the practice of others, as established by the authority of ancient speakers? But the weaker…
- Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those…
- 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…
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