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In a very real sense, Western Christianity is Augustinian Christianity.
David Bentley Hart • The Story of Christianity
I don’t believe the theology of Paul or any other New Testament author was sophisticated enough or influenced enough by philosophy to work with a category like divine transcendence in the sense important for later Christian theology.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
Augustine is our contemporary. He has directly and indirectly shaped the way we understand our pursuits, the call to authenticity.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
Jerome is chiefly notable as the translator who produced the Vulgate, which remains to this day the official Catholic version of the Bible. Until his day the Western Church relied, as regards the Old Testament, chiefly on translations from the Septuagint, which, in important ways differed from the Hebrew original. Christians were given to maintaini
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Where there is true faith, it will show itself in a person’s life.
Martin Luther • Faith Alone: A Daily Devotional
He suffered on account of the liberating word of God, and died on account of his liberating fellowship with those who were not free.