Sermons

Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

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https://www.augustinus.it/latino/discorsi/tavola_discorsi.htm

The Latin was then translated into English using Chatgpt 4o.

SERMO 1

TREATISE AGAINST THE MANICHAEANS

OF WHAT IS WRITTEN:

"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth."

"In the beginning was the Word"

The calumnies of the Manichaeans.

He who remembers his own debt and the apostolic sentence which says, "Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another," must compel himself to pay. And in truth, no matter how much the terror of debt collectors weighs upon debtors, charity demands much more vehemently, which removes the weight of fear through exaction and imposes greater reverence. I remember promising Your Charity that a response against the foolish and pernicious slanders of the Manicheans, which attack the Old Testament, would not be absent from us as far as the Lord grants to give. Therefore, heed and see the serpentine snares, and withdrawing from there, submit your necks to the yoke of Christ. For they dare to present such deceits to the unwary as to say that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are contrary to each other, so that both cannot be held with one…

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