Augustine’s Praying the Psalms (Conf. Book 9)

“How loudly I cried out to you, my God, as I read the psalms of David, songs full of faith, outbursts of devotion with no room in them for the breath of pride!...How loudly I began to cry out to you…

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The Word in Our Flesh for Love: A Reflection on Augustine’s Preaching

“What’s the good of my having become a Christian?” Augustine asked that question in Sermon 33a, a sermon scholars think was given on September 11, 410 CE, less than three weeks after the Goths sacked…

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