Quotemeal: Apr. 24th, 1959

Friday, April 24, 1959

"If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

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Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."

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