The wicked make all God's good works serve evil purposes bu… - Augustine of Hippo

" "
The wicked make all God's good works serve evil purposes but the person of good will, to the contrary, makes the evil doings of the wicked serve good purposes.

Augustine of Hippo

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Augustine of Hippo

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

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

All quotes from Augustine of Hippo Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Augustine of Hippo:

C. S. Lewis Jerome Charles Haddon Spurgeon Thomas Aquinas John Wesley

Additional quotes by Augustine of Hippo

The true servants of God are not solicitous that He should order them to do what they desire to do, but that they may desire to do what He orders them to do.

He who disdained not to assume us unto Himself, did not disdain to take our place and speak our words, in order that we might speak His words.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

The wicked make all God's good works serve evil purposes but the person of good will, to the contrary, makes the evil doings of the wicked serve good… - Augustine of Hippo

About Augustine of Hippo

Also Known As

Advanced Search Filters

Additional quotes by Augustine of Hippo

Try QuoteGPT