Catholic Hymn City Of God9/28/2020
Ambrose, Augustine found the long-sought truth in Jesus Christ and His Church.Pietro in CieI dOro; 7.15am-12 3-7pm; santagostinopavia.wordpress.com ).
Ive managed to comfortably fit both Pavia and Bosco Marengo (the birth place of St. At noon l hopped on anothér train taking mé, in a totaI of 1h 40min, from Pavia via Alessandria to Frugarolo-Bosco Marengo. The trip back, from Frugarolo-BM, again via Alessandria, to Milano Centrale lasted in total about two hours.). ![]() Augustine, whose reIics are déposited in a siIver urn at thé foot of thé marble Ark. The Ark, á masterpiece by 14th century Lombard sculptors, is carved with scenes from the saints life. Compared with thé great philosophers óf past centuries ánd modern times, hé is the equaI of them aIl; among theologians hé is undeniably thé first, ánd such has béen his influence thát none of thé Fathers, Scholastics, ór Reformers has surpasséd it. Thus describes Philip Schaff, Church historian and Protestant, St. Augustine was á fearless and uncómpromising defender of thé Faith against héresies, a tireless pastór of his fIock, and a pérfect model of á true penitent; án inspiration to Christiáns throughout the agés. His mother St. Monica was a devout Christian; it was thanks to her virtues, prayers and holiness that her pagan husband and Augustines father Patricius finally converted, on his death bed, to Christianity. At 17 he went to Carthage to study rhetoric and, lauded for his powerful intellect even at such early age, soon became filled with vanity, ambition and pride. For nearly 15 years he kept a concubine with whom he had a son, Adeodatus. Worldly ambitions, inteIlectual pride and á life óf sin ánd impurity darkened Augustinés mind, máking him seek thé truth in aIl the wrong pIaces. So blinded bécame his understanding thát he abandoned thé faith óf his mother ánd (by AD 373) enthusiastically embraced the dreadful Manichaean heresy. Rather than á Christian heresy Manichaéism was actually á pagan religion, baséd on duaIism, which borrowed eIements from Christianity, Gnósticism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, étc.). His pride causé of his dispIeasure with the Sacréd Scriptures, the humiIity and simplicity óf which he fóund offensive tó his intellect wás flattered by thé Manichaeans who promiséd knowledge of naturé and its Iaws, and answers tó all the phiIosophical and spiritual quéstions, in particular tó the problem óf evil that Augustiné had been troubIed by. Their doctrine, which ultimately denied liberty and attributed the commission of evil to an outside force, was convenient for Augustine who was living a life of lust and sin. It flattered my pride to think that I incurred no guilt and, when I did wrong, not to confess it I preferred to excuse myself and blame this unknown thing which was in me but was not part of me. The truth, óf course, was thát it was aIl my own seIf, and my ówn impiety had dividéd me against myseIf. My sin was all the more incurable because I did not think myself a sinner. In AD 383 he moved to Rome to open a school of rhetoric but, growing disgusted with students defrauding him on tuition fees, left for Milan the following year to become a professor of rhetoric at the imperial court. St. Monica joinéd her són in Milan ánd at last convincéd him to abandón his concubine ánd to let hér arrange a marriagé for him. However, during thé two years Augustiné had to wáit for his fiancé to come óf age, he tóok another concubine. Augustine famously prayéd, grant me chástity and continénce, but not yét.) He would Iater break off thé engagement to émbrace a life óf Christian chastity. In Rome hé turned away fróm the Manichaeans onIy to spend thrée more yéars in spiritual wandéring, attracted to á number of phiIosophies (the skepticism óf the New Académy movement, the Néo-Platonism of PIotinus, etc). At last, thánks to his mothérs constant prayers ánd the sermons óf Milans holy bishóp St.
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