Maxioms by St. Augustine
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find read more
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603 read more
Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603 Having made man in His own image, a rational being, He meant him to be lord only over irrational beings: not man set over man, but man set over beasts. The first cause of servitude is sin, by which man is subjected to man by the bonds of his condition... But by that nature in which God formerly created man, nobody is slave either to man or to sin.
