“Pecaba yo, por cuanto buscaba la verdad, la deleitación y la sublimidad no en Él, sino en mí mismo y en las demás criaturas; y por esto me precipitaba en el dolor, la confusión y el error. Porque tú siempre estabas a mi lado, ensañándote misericordiosamente conmigo y amargabas mis ilegítimas alegrías para que así aprendiera a buscar goces que no te ofendan. ¿Y dónde podía yo conseguir esto sino en ti, Señor, que finges poner dolor en tus preceptos, nos hieres para sanarnos y nos matas para que no nos muramos lejos de ti?”
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Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.
Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.