Why St. Augustine is One of the Greatest Saints EVER
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- St. Augustine: the influencer of influencers
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St. Augustine is without a doubt the single most influential figure in Western Christianity. He’s cited more than any other person in the Church’s dogmatic pronouncements. Even our modern Catechism of the Catholic Church references his name more than anyone else aside from the biblical authors.
A prolific writer and profound thinker, Augustine left behind an immense treasury of writings that goes well beyond his famous Confessions and City of God. Simply stated, he is the peak of patristic achievement.
Many people don’t know that Augustine was a teenage dad. He fathered an illegitimate son when he was only seventeen. And he continued to live with his mistress for the next seventeen years. In fact, one of his more famous lines when he was still resisting the pull of God was “Grant me chastity and continence…but not yet.”
You can imagine the tears that were shed by his mother, St. Monica,
as she prayed for her son’s conversion. Propelled by her constant intercession and the influence of the great St. Ambrose of Milan, Augustine eventually found his way into the Catholic faith. Today he is one our greatest saints and champions.
If you remember, in our previous discussion about typology we quoted a line from Augustine: “The New Testament is concealed in the Old and the Old Testament is revealed in the New.”
But he went further. Augustine also clearly understood there is a unity not just between the two testaments, but also between the Bible and the sacraments. And this relationship wasn’t something incidental, but central to Christianity.
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I was born on his birthday and my daughter was born on the anniversary of his death. I feel a strong devotion to this saint! I also spent 8 years at St Augustin’s school and the next 8 in that parish till I moved.
And I was born in the place (city now ) where Saint Augustine was born in Algeria
Thanks, it was short & informative. Central points included.
God bless us all.
Thank you for this wonderful and short documentary. I love St Paul center
I am from the city where Saint Augustine was born in Algeria
And I am currently watching a documentary on Amazigh people and I didn't know he was from Algeria!
@@L3onidas
There's no amazigh ppl , there's Numidians ppl , numida is the he origin of present-day Algeria
Wow,that was a good teaching,thanks Mathew ,and thanks to this St.Paul centre video,God bless
My heart is restless Lord, until it rests with thee.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo! 🙏
I knew st. Augustine before he was famous. Even back then he was a stand-up guy. He would literally give you the shirt off his back. Thanks for the video!
Jesus founded ONE Church ie the holy Catholic Church,not so called churches ie 40,000+ of them. In fact all other churches are in fact cults!!!
Praise Jesus and Mary always!!!
Amen
simon slater
Wrong. Jesus made no mention of the Pope, bishops, the Nicene creed, cathechesis, cardinals, the Holy Inquisition, and so on.
AFTER you have mastered His commandment to love others, THEN AND ONLY THEN will you be in a position to spew your ignorant, brainwashed, divisive, dogmatic, doctrinaire hatred.
And Mary is not a god you idiot.
@@stylembonkers1094 My, what is your problem, my friend? Are you bonkers? What you write is all fully off.
@@stylembonkers1094 So you're more Christian than those from the first few hundred years of Christianity lol?
Petrine/Papal Primacy is established from the scriptures and the role of the Bishop of Rome is shown in the Early Church Fathers.
Scriptures:
-Peter is mentioned more than any other apostle in the New Testament and is always mentioned first in any formal list of apostles.
-In Mathew 16, he says to Peter that on this rock he will build his Church...etc. And also gives him the "keys to the kingdom of heaven" which is Matthew’s reference to Isaiah 22 shows that the structure of Jesus’ kingdom was modeled on King David’s dynastic court, and also fulfills Christ promise from John 1:42 to rename him Cephas (Rock). And to Peter specifically Christ tells three times to Peter to feed his lamb/sheep (John 21:16-18)
-Peter was regarded by both the Jews (Acts 4:1-13) and the common people (Acts 2:37-41; 5:15) - even an angel (Mk 16:7) - as the leader of Christianity. Cornelius was told by an angel to seek Peter for Christian instruction (Acts 10:1-6), and an angel delivered Peter from prison: Acts 12:1-17), after the whole Church had offered “earnest prayer” (Acts 12:5). Paul went to Jerusalem specifically to see Peter for fifteen days in the beginning of his ministry (Gal 1:18; cf. Gal 2:9).
-Peter’s words were the most important in the upper room before Pentecost (Acts 1:15-22), and he was the first person to speak (and “preach the gospel”) after Pentecost (Acts 2:14-41).
-He took the lead in calling for a replacement for Judas (Acts 1:22), uttered the first anathema (Acts 5:2-11), and was the first to recognize and refute heresy, in Simon Magus (Acts 8:14-24). He was the first to receive the Gentiles and to baptize them (Acts 10:9-48) He instructed the other apostles on the catholicity (universality) of the Church (Acts 11:5-17).
-Peter presided over the first council of Christianity, and laid down the principles accepted by it (Acts 15:7-11). He was often the spokesman for the apostles (Mk 8:29; Mt 18:21; Lk 9:5; 12:41; Jn 6:67 ff.).
Early Church Fathers:
St. Ignatius of Antioch: You [the See of Rome] have envied no one, but others have you taught. I desire only that what you have enjoined in your instructions may remain in force (Epistle to the Romans 3:1 [A.D. 110]).
St. Ireneaus: the greatest and most ancient church known to all, founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious apostles. Peter and Paul, that church which has the tradition and the faith which comes down to us after having been announced to men by the apostles. With that church, because of its superior origin, all the churches must agree, that is, all the faithful in the whole world, and it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition (Against Heresies 3:3:2[inter A.D. 189])
St. Clement of Alexandria:
[T]he blessed Peter, the chosen, the preeminent, the first among the disciples, for whom alone with himself the Savior paid the tribute [Matt. 17:27], quickly grasped and understood their meaning. And what does he say? “Behold, we have left all and have followed you” [Matt. 19:2 7, Mark 10:28] (Who is the Rich Man that is Saved? 21:3-5 [A.D. 200]).
Letter of Clement to James:
Simon [Peter], who, for the sake of the true faith, and the most sure foundation of his doctrine, was set apart to be the foundation of the Church, and for this end was by Jesus himself, with his truthful mouth, named Peter, the first-fruits of our Lord, the first of the apostles; to whom first the Father revealed the Son; whom the Christ, with good reason, blessed; the called, and elect (Letter of Clement to James 2 [A.D, 221])
St. Cyprian: With a false bishop appointed for themselves by heretics, they dare even to set sail and carry letters from schismatics and blasphemers to the Chair of Peter and to the principal church [at Rome], in which sacerdotal unity has its source” (Epistle to Cornelius [Bishop of Rome] 59:14 [A.D. 252])
St. Optatus: In the city of Rome the Episcopal chair was given first to Peter, the chair in which Peter sat, the same who was head - that is why he is also called Cephas - of all the apostles, the one chair in which unity is maintained by all. Neither do the apostles proceed individually on their own, and anyone who would [presume to] set up another chair in opposition to that single chair would, by that very fact, be a schismatic and a sinner (The Schism of the Donatists 2:2 [circa A.D. 367]
Tyrannius Rufinius:
and further how he speaks of the city of Rome, which now through the grace of God is reckoned by Christians as their capital (Apology 2:23 [A.D. 400]).
St. Augustine: Among these [apostles] Peter alone almost everywhere deserved to represent the whole Church. Because of that representation of the Church, which only he bore, he deserved to hear “I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Sermons 295:2 [A.D. 411])
FiveADayProductions
So you think Jesus' message was about having marble palaces, gorgeous silken robes, and golden chalices, and the clergy stealing billions from the church while the bishops live in mansions, and use the church to steal from the faithful?
Yes?
You think that is what Jesus' meassage was all about, and you can talk down to other Christians who understand his meassage better than you?
Yes?
So you admit you're an idiot.
Christ was AGAINST empty ritual and pretentious fake piety.
The Catholic church under Francis is a nest of Marxist vipers exploiting the gullible - like YOU.
Francis preaches that global warming is a more urgent moral problem than priests raping children.
You are disgusting.
Saint Augustine Pray for us Amen
Well presented!
💙Glory to God Glory to Christ Jesus Halleluia Amen Saint AUGUSTINE please pray for the whole world for Peace and for me to become a saint and for all my family's in the tremendous name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth Amend! 💙
Well you see who ever becomes saint they are great there is no greatest or a group of saints who are greater than other saints.
Yayy Saint Augustine is really cool!! :)
God 🙏 Bless you and your family stay safe travels Jessa Cristine Manlangit Sotelo Suniega From Leopoldo Suniega jr
Praise the Lord for conversion to chastity...St Augustine a model for all us sinners...that God is real in this world though satan has millions..
In the process of learning about the Saints. I just need patience. 🙏
Did you forget St. Thomas Aquinas? Still love St. Augustine😁❤✝️
Fact: St Augustine is a Catholic.
May God bless you all.
He was a Catholic priest. I’m certain He would say that today’s Catholic Church is not Catholic.
@godslittleman5451 1 year late wrong! God has been with his church through all the centuries get real.
The Catholic Church is the "WHORE" in the Book of Revelations - Mother of Harlots. Not the Real Church - she is called Babylon the Mystery!
St Augustine High School in Zimbabwe is it his
I can't activate subtitles in English...
How about arius
Augustine would soundly reject many of the heresies in today’s Catholic Church, which has become apostate.
Example?
@@TheKvltPantShater Transubstantiation would be a good place to start, the resacrifice of Christ again during the mass, the veneration of saints, the canonization of saints, the omniscience of Mary, the infallibility of the pope, purgatory, and also marriage annulment to name a few.
@@godslittleman5451 and how do you know he would have rejected that?
@@godslittleman5451 I'm not trying to argue btw. I'm just asking. I'm not a Christian
@@TheKvltPantShater The doctrines I mentioned contradict the Bible. Some are inventions and the commandments of men. Ultimately. Romanism creates a man made system of religion with a worldly appeal that traps people into a false scheme of man made tradition and ritual observance. The Bible teaches us that “We are complete in Him who is the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” (Colosians) Christianity is not a system oriented program of rules and sacraments. It’s about a person, it’s about who He is and what He’s done for us.
Augustine & multiple Christian groups
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
This is what as so called their mortal saints do huh?
To their stupid natural minds they think such person went to heaven and made a Chanel for them and they just talk to a mortal saint and he is communicating with god huh.
No what they do is they awaken Egypt on them and Egypt uses them as sources to do evil.
Can mediums and spiritists use MERCY as they use a mortal?
No because words are eternal life and immortal from imperishable seed.
Read about Mercy and also this
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Hebrews 2:14-18
Can you imagine evil mortals thinking they are words what a disaster Isaiah 24 says await you people of the earth.
The Catholic Church is the "WHORE" in the Book of Revelations - Mother of Harlots. Not the Real Church - she is called Babylon the Mystery!
Why is St Augustine depicted as a white man?
Why should it matter, stop seeing race
Why do you care?
Saint Augustine is a white Berber
Berbers are white
Because he was, as were most people of the Mediterranean in that time.
he was born in modern day algeria not north africa that was kind of stupid
algeria is in north africa
The Catholic Church is the "WHORE" in the Book of Revelations - Mother of Harlots. Not the Real Church - she is called Babylon the Mystery!