“No conconciencia dudosa, sino cierta, Señor, te amo yo. Heriste mi corazón con tu palabra y te amé. Mas también el cielo y la tierra y todo cuanto en ellos se contiene he aquí que me dicen de todas partes que te ame; ni cesan de decírselo a todos, a fin de que sean inexcusables. Sin embargo, tú te compadecerás más altamente de quien te compadecieres y prestarás más tu misericordia con quien fueses misericordioso: de otro modo, el cielo y la tierra cantarían tus alabanzas a sordos.”
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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.