Sermons & Devotionals by St. Augustine
St. Augustine
Faith, Hope, and Love, 6 - The Problem of Lying
CHAPTER VI. The Problem of Lying 18. Here a most difficult and complex issue arises which I once dealt with in a large book, in response to the urgent question whether it is ever the duty of a righteous man to lie. [34] Some go so far as to contend that in cases concerning the worship of God or even... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 7 - Disputed Questions about the Limits of Knowledge and Certainty
CHAPTER VII. Disputed Questions about the Limits of Knowledge and Certainty in Various Matters 20. I do not rightly know whether errors of this sort should be called sins-when one thinks well of a wicked man, not knowing what his character really is, or when, instead of our physical perception, simi... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 8 - The Plight of Man After the Fall
CHAPTER VIII. The Plight of Man After the Fall 23. With this much said, within the necessary brevity of this kind of treatise, as to what we need to know about the causes of good and evil-enough to lead us in the way toward the Kingdom, where there will be life without death, truth without error, ha... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 9 - The Replacement of the Fallen Angels By Elect Men
CHAPTER IX. The Replacement of the Fallen Angels By Elect Men (28-30); The Necessity of Grace (30-32) 28. While some of the angels deserted God in impious pride and were cast into the lowest darkness from the brightness of their heavenly home, the remaining number of the angels persevered in eternal... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 10 - Jesus Christ the Mediator
CHAPTER X. Jesus Christ the Mediator 33. Thus it was that the human race was bound in a just doom and all men were children of wrath. Of this wrath it is written: "For all our days are wasted; we are ruined in thy wrath; our years seem like a spider's web." [64] Likewise Job spoke of this wrath: "Ma... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 11 - The Incarnation as Example of God's Grace
CHAPTER XI. The Incarnation as Prime Example of the Action of God's Grace 36. In this the grace of God is supremely manifest, commended in grand and visible fashion; for what had the human nature in the man Christ merited, that it, and no other, should be assumed into the unity of the Person of the ... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 12 - The Role of the Holy Spirit
CHAPTER XII. The Role of the Holy Spirit 38. Are we, then, to say that the Holy Spirit is the Father of Christ's human nature, so that as God the Father generated the Word, so the Holy Spirit generated the human nature, and that from both natures Christ came to be one, Son of God the Father as the W... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 13 - Baptism and Original Sin
CHAPTER XIII. Baptism and Original Sin 41. Since he was begotten and conceived in no pleasure of carnal appetite-and therefore bore no trace of original sin-he was, by the grace of God (operating in a marvelous and an ineffable manner), joined and united in a personal unity with the only-begotten Wo... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 14 - he Mysteries of Christ's Mediatorial Work and Justification
CHAPTER XIV. The Mysteries of Christ's Mediatorial Work (48-49) and Justification (50-55) 48. That one sin, however, committed in a setting of such great happiness, was itself so great that by it, in one man, the whole human race was originally and, so to say, radically condemned. It cannot be pardo... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 15 - The Holy Spirit and the Church
CHAPTER XV. The Holy Spirit (56) and the Church (57-60) 56. Now, when we have spoken of Jesus Christ, the only Son of God our Lord, in the brevity befitting our confession of faith, we go on to affirm that we believe also in the Holy Spirit, as completing the Trinity which is God; and after that we ... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 16 - Problems About Heavenly and Earthly Divisions of the Church
CHAPTER XVI. Problems About Heavenly and Earthly Divisions of the Church 60. It is more important to be able to discern and tell when Satan transforms himself as an angel of light, lest by this deception he should seduce us into harmful acts. For, when he deceives the corporeal senses, and does not ... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 17 - Forgiveness of Sins in the Church
CHAPTER XVII. Forgiveness of Sins in the Church 64. The angels are in concord with us even now, when our sins are forgiven. Therefore, in the order of the Creed, after the reference to "holy Church" is placed the reference to "forgiveness of sins." For it is by this that the part of the Church on ea... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 18 - Faith and Works
CHAPTER XVIII [141] : Faith and Works 67. There are some, indeed, who believe that those who do not abandon the name of Christ, and who are baptized in his laver in the Church, who are not cut off from it by schism or heresy, who may then live in sins however great, not washing them away by repentan... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 19 - Almsgiving and Forgiveness
CHAPTER XIX. Almsgiving and Forgiveness 70. We must beware, however, lest anyone suppose that unspeakable crimes such as they commit who "will not possess the Kingdom of God" can be perpetrated daily and then daily redeemed by almsgiving. Of course, life must be changed for the better, and alms shou... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 20 - Spiritual Almsgiving
CHAPTER XX. Spiritual Almsgiving 75. Now, surely, those who live in gross wickedness and take no care to correct their lives and habits, who yet, amid their crimes and misdeeds, continue to multiply their alms, flatter themselves in vain with the Lord's words, "Give alms; and, behold, all things are... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 21 - Problems of Casuistry
CHAPTER XXI. Problems of Casuistry 78. What sins are trivial and what are grave, however, is not for human but for divine judgment to determine. For we see that, in respect of some sins, even the apostle, by pardoning them, has conceded this point. Such a case is seen in what the venerable Paul says... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 22 - The Two Causes of Sin
CHAPTER XXII. The Two Causes of Sin 81. I shall now mention what I have often discussed before in other places in my short treatises. [186] We sin from two causes: either from not seeing what we ought to do, or else from not doing what we have already seen we ought to do. Of these two, the first is ... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 23 - Reality of the Resurrection
CHAPTER XXIII. The Reality of the Resurrection 84. Now, with respect to the resurrection of the body-and by this I do not mean the cases of resuscitation after which people died again, but a resurrection to eternal life after the fashion of Christ's own body-I have not found a way to discuss it brie... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 24 - Solution to Present Spiritual Enigmas
CHAPTER XXIV. The Solution to Present Spiritual Enigmas to Be Awaited in the Life of the World To Come 94. And thus it will be that while the reprobated angels and men go on in their eternal punishment, the saints will go on learning more fully the blessings which grace has bestowed upon them. Then,... Read More
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Faith, Hope, and Love, 25 - Predestination and the Justice of God
CHAPTER XXV. Predestination and the Justice of God 98. Furthermore, who would be so impiously foolish as to say that God cannot turn the evil wills of men-as he willeth, when he willeth, and where he willeth-toward the good? But, when he acteth, he acteth through mercy; when he doth not act, it is t... Read More
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St. Augustine (354 - 430)
Was an early Christian theologian and philosopher [5] whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions.When the Western Roman Empire began to disintegrate, Augustine developed the concept of the Church as a spiritual City of God, distinct from the material Earthly City. His thoughts profoundly influenced the medieval worldview. The segment of the Church that adhered to the concept of the Trinity as defined by the Council of Nicaea and the Council of Constantinople closely identified with Augustine's On the Trinity.
Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo, or Saint Augustine is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. In Roman Catholicism and the Anglican Communion, he is a saint and pre-eminent Doctor of the Church, and the patron of the Augustinian religious order. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fountainheads of Reformation teaching on salvation and grace. In Orthodox Churches he is considered a saint by some while others are of the opinion that he is a heretic, primarily for his statements concerning what became known as the filioque clause.
Born in Africa as the eldest son of Saint Monica, he was educated in Rome and baptized in Milan. Augustine drifted through several philosophical systems before converting to Christianity at the age of thirty-one. Returning to his homeland soon after his conversion, he was ordained a presbyter in 391, taking the position as bishop of Hippo in 396, a position which he held until his death.
St. Augustine stands as a powerful advocate for orthodoxy and of the episcopacy as the sole means for the dispensing of saving grace. In the light of later scholarship, Augustine can be seen to serve as a bridge between the ancient and medieval worlds. A review of his life and work, however, shows him as an active mind engaging the practical concerns of the churches he served.