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If you believe what you like in the...

Author

Augustine of Hippo

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Bible and Theology
Church Life and Ministry
Spiritual Formation
Christian Living
Life on Planet Earth

Keywords (5)

Gospel
Putting God in a Box
Scripture
Self-Righteousness
Selfishness

Date Added

May 1, 2018

If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.

From "Reply to Faustus," Book 17. More literally, "For to believe what you please, and not to believe what you please, is to believe yourselves, and not the gospel." (Schaff on CCEL)