Faith is now quite uncertain. I'm no longer acting-as-if.
Lovely! Although I could have sworn it was St. Augustine. You know, in his letter to the Ephesians. :-)
Ed, it could have come from St. Augustine during his sufi period.Seriously, isn't it a beautiful mantra.
The source is St. Augustine, de Trinitates, VIII.10.
Here's a link to Ormonde's blog post on St. Augustine's De Trinitates:There are Three Things in Love, as It Were a Trace of the Trinity.....Behold, then, there are three things: he that loves, and that which is loved, and love.The statements seem very like.The shorter version works better as a mantra, or meditative chant, wherever it came from.
See also the comments at Episcopal Café.
I think the Trinity is about the handiest doctrine imaginable. It sums up just about everything, and you can fold it up, put it in your pocket and take it anywhere.
It sums up just about everything, and you can fold it up, put it in your pocket and take it anywhere.I like that, Mary Clara, and you are right.
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Lovely! Although I could have sworn it was St. Augustine. You know, in his letter to the Ephesians. :-)
ReplyDeleteEd, it could have come from St. Augustine during his sufi period.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, isn't it a beautiful mantra.
The source is St. Augustine, de Trinitates, VIII.10.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to Ormonde's blog post on St. Augustine's De Trinitates:
ReplyDeleteThere are Three Things in Love, as It Were a Trace of the Trinity.
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Behold, then, there are three things: he that loves, and that which is loved, and love.
The statements seem very like.
The shorter version works better as a mantra, or meditative chant, wherever it came from.
See also the comments at Episcopal Café.
ReplyDeleteI think the Trinity is about the handiest doctrine imaginable. It sums up just about everything, and you can fold it up, put it in your pocket and take it anywhere.
ReplyDeleteIt sums up just about everything, and you can fold it up, put it in your pocket and take it anywhere.
ReplyDeleteI like that, Mary Clara, and you are right.