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October 2016

October 28, 2016

Evil exists only in the good, Angels: Day 099

Human beings and angels are good creations, says St. Augustine. Even the evil angels are good...

October 23, 2016

They listened to the angels, we listen to the Son; Angels: Day 094

They listened to the angels, we listen to the Son St. Augustine tells us that,...

October 22, 2016

Jerusalem and Babylon; Angels: Day 093

Jerusalem and Babylon The angels are citizens of the spiritual Jerusalem, says St. Augustine, and...

October 18, 2016

Christ above and below; Angels: Day 089

Christ above and below Christ, says St. Augustine, is both above in Heaven and below...

October 17, 2016

Angels ascending and descending; Angels: Day 088

In Jacob’s ladder, with angels ascending and descending, St. Augustine sees an image of the...

October 16, 2016

Christ at Jacob’s head; Angels: Day 087

Christ at Jacob's head When Jacob saw his vision of angels on a ladder to...

October 14, 2016

Anointing the stone; Angels: Day 085

Anointing the stone When Jacob had his vision of the angels on the ladder, he...

October 08, 2016

When angels speak, God speaks; Angels: Day 079

When angels speak, God speaks When one of God’s messengers speaks, says St. Augustine, the words...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Light and darkness, Angels: Day 071

Light and darkness Genesis 1:4 says that “God separated the light from the darkness”; St....

September 29, 2016

The saints will take the place of the fallen angels, Angels: Day 070

The saints will take the place of the fallen angels When Satan and his followers...

September 27, 2016

When did God make angels?, Angels: Day 068

When did God make angels? St. Augustine notes that Bible scholars don’t agree on what it...

September 23, 2016

“Not even the angels in Heaven”, Angels: Day 064

"Not even the angels in Heaven" As Scripture tells us, not even the angels in...

September 20, 2016

Even angels can’t really see God, Angels: Day 061

Even angels can't really see God St. Augustine, quoting St. Jerome, tells us that we...

September 19, 2016

To Christ through Christ, Angels: Day 060

To Christ through Christ The truth is the way, says St. Augustine. The only way...

September 10, 2016

The face of God is the angels’ Scripture; Angels: Day 050

The face of God is the angels' Scripture We read God’s Word in the Bible....

September 08, 2016

Remember you weakness, Angels: Day 049

Remember you weakness St. Augustine probably ventured deeper into the uncharted territories of theology than...

September 07, 2016

Keep speculation in bounds, Angels: Day 048

Keep speculation in bounds There are many things we can try to know about angels,...

September 05, 2016

Spiritual bodies, Angels: Day 046

Spiritual bodies St. Augustine speculates that angels have a kind of spiritual body that adapts itself...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

All creation gives thanks to God, Angels: Day 041

All creation gives thanks to God All God’s works give thanks to him, the psalm...

August 17, 2016

Angels have knowledge through the Creator, Angels: Day 027

Angels have knowledge through the Creator Like us, says St. Augustine, angels know things in...

August 13, 2016

Angels know and do God’s will immediately, Angels: Day 023

Angels know and do God's will immediately God spoke the law to humans in a...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Heavenly beings as well were made by the Word; Angels: Day 008

Heavenly beings as well were made by the Word Interpreting Psalm 45, St. Augustine imagines...

July 28, 2016

The creation of angels; Angels: Day 007

The creation of angels Genesis doesn’t tell us explicitly when the angels were created, says St....

July 27, 2016

Some truths about the angels remain a mystery; Angels: Day 006

Some truths about the angels remain a mystery St. Augustine addresses the question of whether...

July 24, 2016

We exist because God knows us, Angels: Day 003

We exist because God knows us God has angel messengers, says St. Augustine, but they...

July 23, 2016

All things have being through God, Angels: Day 002

All things have being through God St. Augustine presents a hierarchy of living beings, from...

July 21, 2015

Continue in the Word, Church Fathers: Day 365

Continue in the Word It’s not enough just to listen to what Christ teaches us,...

July 08, 2015

St. Augustine says don’t be surprised when evil enters the Church , Church Fathers: Day 352

Don’t be surprised when evil enters the Church The earthly city and the city of...

July 04, 2015

Church Fathers, Day 348: St. Augustine advises us to pray for conversions

Pray for conversions In his youth, St. Augustine fell into the Manichean heresy, and used...

June 2015

June 04, 2015

Church Fathers, Day 318: St. Augustine says fear the death of the soul, not of the body

Fear the death of the soul, not of the body The soul is immortal, say...

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