Augustine on His own limitations
I promise I will get to actually posting this blog really I do and Tim will make me if I don't. so if this is still here blame Tim.
posted by R.K. Brumbelow at Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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"The number of books on theology must be reduced and only the best ones published.
It is not many books that make men learned, nor even reading. But it is a good book frequently read, no matter how small it is, that makes a man learned in the Scriptures and godly. Indeed, the writings of all the holy fathers should be read only for a time so that through them we may be led into the Scriptures. As it is, however, we only read them these days to avoid going any further and getting into the Bible.
We are like men who read the sign posts and never travel the road they indicate. Our dear fathers wanted to lead us to the Scriptures by their writings, but we use their works to get away from the Scriptures. Nevertheless, the Scripture alone is our vineyard in which we must labor and toil."
Martin Luther, To the Christian Nobility [1520]
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