9.26.2003

quote for today

illustrating that the best quotes are old quotes, i wish to hang my hat upon this quote by St. Augustine in the 5th century AD (I think). This probably makes it into the top ten of any quote list: fides quarens intellectum which means: "faith seeks understanding" and could be interpreted: "inarticulate belief desires to ground itself rationally/doctrinally"--at least that's how the Roman Catholic Church interpreted it for the last few centuries....

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