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To: Natural Law

And your problem with Augustine is??


3,140 posted on 07/28/2010 6:44:01 PM PDT by RnMomof7 (sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me)
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To: RnMomof7
"And your problem with Augustine is??"

I have no problem with St. Augustine. He has been a major influence in my life.

Although St. Augustine contributed greatly to development of the Catholic Church and its dogma, there has never been a claim of infallibility. Although there is much to admire in his writings too often his early life and study of Manichaeism and Neoplatonism bleeds through and confuses or clouds his thoughts. I much prefer the derivations of his works by Thomas Aquinas.

As long as you want to claim his works as your inspiration are you also endorsing his teachings on the priesthood and celibacy? Perhaps you would care to ridicule his conversion Key to this conversion to the childlike voice he heard telling him in a sing-song voice, tolle, lege ("take up and read").

3,146 posted on 07/28/2010 7:27:22 PM PDT by Natural Law (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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