ENG

Saint Augustin

By Louis , Bertrand

Book information

Publisher
Public Domain Books
Year
2007
ISBN
9781406552768
ASIN
B000JQV2O8
Google Books ID
59aJGgAACAAJ
Language
eng
Format
EPUB
Filesize
264 kB (270347 bytes)
Volume
1.0
Pages
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Time added
2024-05-25 02:53:34

Description

"Saint Augustin is now little more than a celebrated name. Outside of learned or theological circles people no longer read him. Such is true renown: we admire the saints, as we do great men, on trust. Even his Confessions are generally spoken of only from hearsay. By this neglect, is he atoning for the renewal of glory in which he shone during the seventeenth century, when the Jansenists, in their inveterate obstinacy, identified him with the defence of their cause?..."

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