He says Augustine repeatedly equates living by one's own standard, instinct, intuition, or imagination with becoming like the devil.
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Self Negation
He says Augustine repeatedly equates living by one's own standard, instinct, intuition, or imagination with becoming like the devil.
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"anything God knows everything God has a plan just obey the will of God and the will of God means doing nothing and in..."
"think about this when you choose to follow your nature you are like the devil there's only by negating yourself there's only by denying..."
"not choose yeah so this is a so so the thing about August that's very important for us to understand is he studied rhetoric..."
"...world, and as such engages in a process of self -denial, self -negation. He refuses to procreate, he refuses to struggle, he refuses to..."
"I don't. It's a constant process of self -negation. Okay. But what then he recognizes is that the only way that I can actually..."
"...Now remember that Christianity focuses on the idea of humility, on self -negation, on removing yourself from the world. But Raphael is reinserting himself..."
"...this is the very idea for the Catholic Church. Self -denial, self -negation. Okay? Now, you can think about this and understand now why..."
"...he concludes. That is why humility, humility just means self -denial, self -negation. Complete obedience. Forget who you are. It doesn't matter. Just obey..."
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