Saint Augustine Quotes

Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.

I give and bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it me, hoping that through the meritorious death and passion of our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ to receive absolution and remission for all my sins.

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.

When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.

Not only has the debt (of our sins) been fully paid, there is no possibility of ever going into debt again.

You may be asking yourselves, 'Who is this man standing before us?' i would like to reply to that question with something absolutely certain about my own life: The man standing before you is a man who has been forgiven. A man who was, and is, saved from his many sins.

I think what's dangerous is the idea that someone can wash away your sins.

There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness

The thing that awakens the deepest fountain of gratitude in a human being is that God has forgiven his sin.

As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.

Now, justification in this life is given to us according to these three things: first by the laver of regeneration by which all sins are forgiven; then, by a struggle with the faults from whose guilt we have been absolved; the third, when our prayer is heard, in which we say: 'Forgive us our debts,' because however bravely we fight against our faults, we are men; but the grace of God so aids as we fight in this corruptible body that there is reason for His hearing us as we ask forgiveness.

We are certain that there is forgiveness, because there is a Gospel, and the very essence of the Gospel lies in the proclamation of the pardon of sin.

There are no unforgivable sins.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

There is no original sin. You don't have to pay repentance to anything or anybody.

Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.

You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.