Commentary
What are we to think of a man who tells God, “I defied you, even so far as to relish the thought of lust, and to gratify it, too—within the walls of your church, during the celebration of your mysteries”?
Circa 420 A.D., Saint Augustine, also known as Augustine of Hippo (354-430), the greatest of the Latin Church fathers. He became Bishop of Hippo in 396. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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