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This Body of Christ
Augustine of Hippo | The Sunday Website
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Augustine's commentary on the cleansing of the temple (John 2:13-25) suggests that the body of Christ is the temple from which evil must be expelled. Those who seek their own ends threaten the church's health.
John 2:13-25
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Church, Body Of Christ, Temple, Selfishness
Seeing the Risen Christ
Augustine of Hippo | The Sunday Website
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
In this sermon on Luke 24:35-48, Augustine says that seeing the resurrected Jesus helped the disciples believe in the church to come, and our experience of the church helps confirm our faith in Christ's resurrection.
Luke 24:35-48
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Church, Resurrection, Body, Jesus
Bid Me Come
Augustine of Hippo | The Sunday Website
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
In this commentary on Matthew 14:22-33, Augustine interprets Peter as a type for the whole church. Only Christ can save us from the sea—that is, our doubts, our sin, and our pride.
Matthew 14:22-33
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Types In Scripture, Church, Miracles, Faith
The beauty of God's house
Joseph A Komonchak | Commonweal
Book Quote
"One who loves the beauty of God's house loves the Church." An excerpt from Augustine's sermon on the beauty of God's house and the place where his glory dwells.
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Beauty, Church, St. Augustine, Temple
Glimpses of Church unity
Joseph A Komonchak | Commonweal
Book Quote
Two quotations from Augustine on the nature of unity in the church.
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Church, Unity, St. Augustine
Comparing the Church to the Flesh
Joseph A Komonchak | Commonweal
Book Quote
Joseph A. Komonchakn offers an excerpt from Augustine that addresses the nature of the relationship of the church to Christ as an answer to a Manichean objection.
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Lust, Church, Christ, Christ Head Of The Church
Church as Widow
Augustine of Hippo | Commonweal
Book Quote
An excerpt from Augustine on Psalm 132:15. Augustine compares the church to a helpless widow who must pray to God for help.
Psalm 132:15; Luke 18:1-8
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Church, Prayer, St. Augustine
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Jerusalem, My Happy HomePD
Augustine of Hippo (August 28 or May 5)PD
Ah, holy Jesu, how hast thou offendedPD
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Bindings for Our Wounds
Augustine of Hippo | Commonweal
Book Quote
In these two quotes, Augustine compares the inn in the parable the Good Samaritan to the church. It is where sojourners on earth receive healing and comfort as they travel to their eternal homeland.
Psalm 147:3
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Healing, Church, St. Augustine, Wounds
God's Gift to His Church
Augustine of Hippo | Commonweal
Book Quote
A quote from Augustine's sermon on baptism and the forgiveness of sin. The Red Sea in which the Egyptians were destroyed is seen as symbolizing the destruction of our sins in baptism.
Psalm 106:11
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Baptism, Forgiveness, Sin, Church
Every Mass a wedding
Joseph A Komonchak | Commonweal
Book Quote
"For all the Church is Christ's Bride." A citation from Augustine on 1 John about the church as Christ's bride.
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Wedding, Marriage, Church, St. Augustine
The Faltering Church
Augustine of Hippo | Commonweal
Book Quote
Presupposing that Peter represents the Church in the Gospel narratives, this sermon excerpt from Augustine on Matthew 14:22-33 shows how the Lord rescues us from our doubts when we drown in our desire for human praise.
Matthew 14:22-33
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Church, Doubt, Peter, Pride
Storm-tossed Church
Augustine of Hippo | Commonweal
Book Quote
A quote from Augustine about the church acting as a boat in a storm and Christ hearing the cries of the disciples in the boat.
Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41 Luke 8:22-25
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Church, Cross, Disciple