Author name: Provinċja Agostinjana

Augustine’s City of God: A Reader’s Guide

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Augustine’s City of God: A Reader’s Guide Gerard O’Daly The City of God is the most influential of Augustine’s works which played a decisive role in the formation of the Christian West. It’s scope embodies cosmology, psychology, political thought, anti-pagan polemic, Christian apologetic, theory of history, biblical interpretation and apocalyptic themes. This book is the first comprehensive modern guide to City of God in any language.

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Mill-esklużjoni għal inklużjoni

/ Gospel, Words of Wisdom

Fi żmien Ġesù, li xi ħadd ikun marid bil-lebbra, kien mwarrab u eskluż mis-soċjetà.  Issa wkoll Samaritan huwa persuna eskluża għaliex il-Lhud u s-Samaritani ma kienux jmorru tajjeb bejniethom.  Fl-istorja li għandna, dan ir-raġel kien eskluż doppjament, kemm bħala Samaritan u bħala lebbruż. U llum, min huma ‘l-lebbrużi’ moderni? Lil min qed neskludu? Eżempju: xi ħadd li ma jaqbilx magħna u għandu opinjoni differenti, xi ħadd ta’ kulur politiku ieħor,

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hiding yourself…

/ Vocational Reflection, Words of Wisdom

 5 common pitfalls in which your choices can be hijacked by fear, illusion, or anxiety: By hiding yourself in a dream in order to avoid making a choice. By hiding yourself in the busyness of short-term goals in order to avoid the deeper decisions By hiding yourself in a failure in order to avoid the battle By hiding yourself behind God in order to avoid taking responsibility By hiding behind

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On Augustine

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On Augustine Rowan Williams Since his retirement as Archbishop of Canterbury and his return to academic life (Master of Magdalene College Cambridge) Rowan Williams has demonstrated a massive new surge of intellectual energy. In this new book he turns his attention to St Augustine. St Augustine not only shaped the development of Western theology, he also made a major contribution to political theory (City of God) and through his Confessions to the

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Kattar fina l-Fidi…

/ Gospel, Words of Wisdom

  Hija karba li llum għandha eku. Li nagħmlu mistosqijiet fuq il-fidi tagħna huwa eżerċizzju san. Il-fidi ma nistgħu npoġġuha fuq l-ixkaffa sakemm nużawha, għaliex imbagħad niskopru li saret dgħajfa u bla sens mill-użu tagħha u ma ssostniniex. U għalhekk il-virtu tal-integrita tinvolvi eżerċizzju importanti li tgħina wkoll fil-mumenti ta’ sfida. Li tkun bniedem bil-fidi huwa aktar itqal illum milli kien qatt qabel? Minn naħa l-waħda LE: l-ġenerazzjonijiet passati kellhom

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Fr. Constantino Borg osa

/ Who We Are

Augustinian Call What does being an Augustinian mean to you? In an individualist world that exists today, the words of our Father Saint Augustine which he took from the Acts of the Apostles are much more important: “HOW GOOD IT IS FOR BROTHERS TO LIVE TOGETHER”. Wherever I have been this has been and still is my constant struggle. The Augustinian Charism in today’s world Like Saint Augustine, we should

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