by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
All rational life, if perfect, submits to the changeless truth which speaks inwardly in the conscience without noise but, if reason does not submit to the truth, it becomes corrupted.De vera religione 55, 110.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
There is an origin and source of virtue. There is a root of wisdom. And, there is, so to speak, a region of changeless truth. If the soul leaves this region, it lives in darkness but, when it approaches this region, it is enlightened.Enarrationes in psalmos 58, S 1,...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Just as these two eyes which are set in our face and which we call ‘light’ need the external aid of light even though they be healthy and open, so also, our mind which is the eye of our soul cannot know either wisdom or justice if it is not enlightened by...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
God also speaks in the consciences of the good and the bad. To approve what is good and condemn what is evil cannot be realized without that voice of truth in the silence of the heart which provides us with its judgment of approval or disapproval.Sermo 12, 4.
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
The truth which enlightens holy souls is one but, since there are many souls, one can say that there are, in them, many truths just as, for example, one face in several mirrors has various images.Enarrationes in psalmos 11, 2.
