Resultados8 letters/passages
augustine_hippo · c. 419 · score 0.02
The Emperors Honorius and Theodosius, Augusti, to Bishop Aurelius — greetings. An imperial decree against the Pelagians. 1. Pelagius and Caelestius [the two chief proponents of the heresy denying original sin and the necessity of divine grace], authors of a wicked and execrable doctrine, have been condemned by the judg …
augustine_hippo · c. 396 · score 0.02
That was not the case. They left of their own accord; they deserted us of their own accord, in spite of all my efforts to dissuade them out of concern for their own wellbeing. As for Donatus: since he has now been ordained before any decision was reached in Council about his case, I leave the matter to your wisdom — pe …
augustine_hippo · c. 413 · score 0.02
Some time ago I sent questions to your Holiness: the first concerning reason and God, I believe through Iobinus who serves the handmaids of God; the second concerning the body of the Savior, from which it is supposed that one might see the substance of God. I now raise a third: the rational soul that the Savior assumed …
augustine_hippo · c. 408 · score 0.02
To our lord, truly holy, and deservedly venerable father, Bishop Augustine — Volusianus. The questions of Volusianus and his circle. 1. You ask me, a man known for integrity and justice, to write something about the questions that have been agitated among my friends. I obey willingly, because your encouragement spurred …
augustine_hippo · c. 389 · score 0.02
Do not attack it frontally at first. Begin with instruction: explain, patiently and repeatedly, what the martyrs truly deserve from us, and what this practice actually is — a pagan funeral banquet dressed in Christian clothing. Let the congregation understand before they are told to stop. Understanding makes obedience …
augustine_hippo · c. 396 · score 0.02
Letter 60 — To Aurelius of Carthage: Bad Monks Do Not Make Good Clergy (A.D. 401) To Father Aurelius, my most blessed lord and brother in the priesthood, most sincerely beloved — Augustine sends greetings in the Lord. I have received no letter from your Holiness since we parted, but I have now read your Grace's letter …
augustine_hippo · c. 389 · score 0.01
Augustine, Presbyter, to Bishop Aurelius — greetings. 1. When I kept trying and failing to find the right words for this reply, I finally gave up composing and simply cast myself on God, asking him to let me say something worthy of the zeal and care for his Church that you and I share — and worthy of the respect I owe …
augustine_hippo · c. 393 · score 0.01
Augustine to Aurelius, greetings. I cannot tell you how much your letter cheered me, dearest brother. The warmth of your words, the steadiness of your faith, and the evident seriousness with which you are tackling the duties of your office — all of this gives me deep encouragement. But I must raise with you a matter th …