What has the Church done to thee, that thou shouldst wish t… - Augustine of Hippo

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What has the Church done to thee, that thou shouldst wish to decapitate her? Thou wouldst take away her Head, and believe in the Head alone, despising the body. Vain is thy service, and false thy devotion to the Head. For to sever it from the body is an injury to both Head and body.

Augustine of Hippo

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St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Christian theologian, rhetor, North African bishop, Doctor of the Catholic Church, saint, and a philosopher influenced in his early years by Manichaeism and the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus.

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Native Name: Aurelius Augustinus

Alternative Names: Saint Augustine • Saint Austin • Augustine • St. Augoustinos • St. Augustine of Hippo • Aurelius Augustine • Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis • St. Augustine • Augustinus • Saint Augustine of Hippo • Augustinus, Aurelius • bishop of Hippo

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