7 Quotes by Augustine of Hippo about theology
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Our sole hope, our sole confidence, ouronly assured promise, is your mercy.
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Narrow is the mansion of my soul; enlarge Thou it, that Thou mayest enter in. It is ruinous; repair Thou it. It has that within which must offend Thine eyes; I confess and know it. But who shall cleanse it? or to whom should I cry, save Thee? Lord, cleanse me from my secret faults, and spare Thy servant from the power of the enemy. I believe, and therefore do I speak.
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That vague and wandering opinion of Deity is declared by an apostle to be ignorance of God:
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You are not blamed for your unwilling ignorance, but because you fail to ask about what you do not know.... For no one is prevented from leaving behind the disadvantage of ignorance and seeking the advantage of knowledge.
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His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation.
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... the earthly city glories in itself, the Heavenly City glories in the Lord.
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Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?
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