The end of it is charity, out of a pure heart and good conscience, and faith unfeigned.

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All which things being heard and well considered, I will not strive about words: for that is profitable to nothing, but the subversion of the hearers. But the law is good to edify, if a man use it lawfully: for that the end of it is charity, out of a pure heart and good conscience, and faith unfeigned. And well did our Master know, upon which two commandments He hung all the Law and the Prophets.

Source Confessions, Book Xii, §19 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Augustine, faced with different opinions about Scripture, it is better to listen than to argue, for the aim of the whole law of God is the love that springs from a pure heart; Jesus summed it up in two commandments: to love God and to love one’s neighbour. Today, in a discussion where you disagree, first listen all the way through, without trying to win.

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