Saint Augustine Quotes


Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.


Citations

Augustine, Saint. Letters 165-203. Translated by Sister Wilfrid Parsons, Catholic University of America Press, 1955, p. 271.

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Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
  • Born: November 13, 0354
  • Died: August 28, 0430
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Saint

Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.