o other cause
but pride could have been the beginning of our first parents' evil will?
For pride is the beginning of all sin. What is pride but the desire of
a height out of proportion to our state.February 28
Pride--the Beginning of All Sin
o other cause
but pride could have been the beginning of our first parents' evil will?
For pride is the beginning of all sin. What is pride but the desire of
a height out of proportion to our state.
Furthermore, it is a height out of proportion to our state to leave God--to whom the soul should cling as its basis--and to become and to be in some way our own basis.
-- City of God 14, 13
Prayer. You, Lord, are the unseen power that brings decline upon the proud.
-- Confessions 1, 4
| Tradition Day By Day | The Augustinians - St. Thomas of Villanova Province |
From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Augustine Day by Day: Minute Meditations for Every Day Taken from the Writings of Saint Augustine. Catholic Book Publishing Co. New York, 1986.
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