“¡Desdichada el alma temeraria que se imaginó que alejándose de ti puede conseguir algo mejor! Se vuelve y se revuelve de un lado para otro, hacia la espalda y boca abajo y todo le es duro, pues la única paz eres tú. Y tú estás ahí, para librarnos de nuestros desvaríos y hacernos volver a tu camino; nos consuelas y nos dices: ¡Vamos! ¡Yo los aliviaré de peso, los conduciré hasta el fin y allí los liberaré!”
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Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.
Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.