But I wretched most wretched , in the very commencement of my early youth, had begged chastity of Thee, and said,"Give me chastity and continency, only not yet." For I feared lest Thou shouldest hear me soon, and soon cure me of the disease of concupiscence, which I wished to have satisfied, rather than extinguished.
2007-02-22 14:11:07 · 14 answers · asked by Socinian F 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My mom
2007-02-22 14:13:44 · answer #1 · answered by gtahvfaith 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like old English. Maybe Thomas Aquinas? What we can learn is that weakness in the area of chastity is found easily in natural man, and natural man is an enemy of God. So even as this person was praying for strength to be chaste, he was still wishing he didn't have to be.
P.S. Yeah, I'd agree with the answerers who said St. Augustine, sorry, haven't read about him in a while, since college, in fact.
2007-02-22 22:15:51 · answer #2 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo, or Saint Augustine (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430)
concerning lust In the "Confessions"
2007-02-22 22:19:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
And let us remember Augustine of Hippo as stating this as well:
"It not infrequently happens that something about the earth, about the sky, about other elements of this world, about the motion and rotation or even the magnitude and distances of the stars, about definite eclipses of the sun and moon, about the passage of years and seasons, about the nature of animals, of fruits, of stones, and of other such things, may be known with the greatest certainty by reasoning or by experience, even by one who is not a Christian. It is too disgraceful and ruinous, though, and greatly to be avoided, that he [the non-Christian] should hear a Christian speaking so idiotically on these matters, and as if in accord with Christian writings, that he might say that he could scarcely keep from laughing when he saw how totally in error they are. In view of this and in keeping it in mind constantly while dealing with the book of Genesis, I have, insofar as I was able, explained in detail and set forth for consideration the meanings of obscure passages, taking care not to affirm rashly some one meaning to the prejudice of another and perhaps better explanation." (The Literal Interpretation of Genesis 1:19–20, Chapt. 19 [AD 408])
2007-02-22 22:36:23 · answer #4 · answered by freemichaelcampaign 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine who led a life of debauchery and promiscuity. He, then, repented and starting writing negative things about sex and had a bad opinion of sex.
2007-02-22 22:14:55 · answer #5 · answered by cynical 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saint Augustine, but you are taking this out of context.
"Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo"
Very smart, but I'm not Catholic anyway.
2007-02-22 22:22:42 · answer #6 · answered by Gabo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(1) Augustine.
(2) There is repentance by word but not by heart. (Augustine's heart was converted later which is why he was able to recognize the superficiality of his prayer.)
2007-02-22 22:16:58 · answer #7 · answered by Mark Y 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He obviously isn't ready to truly give up the pleasures of his flesh yet. And I have no idea who he is.
2007-02-22 22:15:24 · answer #8 · answered by genny_gump 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Augustine.
We often pray for things we really don't want taken away. We ACTUALLY want Him to fulfill those things, rather than take them away.
2007-02-22 22:14:41 · answer #9 · answered by WithUnveiledFaces 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds pretty normal to me.
2007-02-22 22:16:44 · answer #10 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋