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>cites over 300 Greek, Roman, and Hebrew philosophers, poets, and theologians to build his arguments in his book City of God, a book that covers every subject under the sun
>/lit/ reduces all of that down into "he was a retard"
Why does /lit/ do this?

>> No.16613358

>>16613342
>>16613342
St.Augustine is a BLACK AFRICAN

>> No.16613372
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>>16613342
because /lit/ is a pelagian board

>> No.16613376

>>16613372
Cringe

>> No.16613391

>>16613376
Fuck off Augustian scum. I bet you support Saint Nicholas head butting people during conclaves over theology.

>> No.16613399

>>16613391
Believing in long disproven heresies that were BTFO'd during councils which were guided by the Holy Spirit makes you worse than just a heretic, it makes you a heathen.

>> No.16613423

>>16613399
Augustine the Manichean's ideas about double predestination were rejected by the synod of Arles themselves.

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>>16613391
that was based

>> No.16613444

>>16613342
Because nobody here has read The City of God.
Most will at best have started reading a translation of the Confessions and given up after some chapters. Their conception of St. Augustine is entirely shaped by what contemporary retards have told them about him.

>> No.16613449

>>16613342
It's not just /lit/ that does this, rather it describes the entire history of human thought. Insulting or assaulting someone will always be a better argument than a bunch of words on a piece of paper.

>> No.16613451

>read Augustine?
>uhh, actually, Jay Dyer told me Augustine is cringe and Bishop Ware wrote that his ideas aren't relevant

>> No.16613452

>>16613451
>Bishop Ware wrote that his ideas aren't relevant

You have to read between the lines with Ware.

>> No.16613454

>>16613342
Loafs of coping brainlets abound here.

>> No.16613457

>>16613391
Yes.

>> No.16613459

>>16613423
Augustine rejected Machicheanism. Reach further.

>> No.16613467

>>16613451
>Bishop Ware wrote that his ideas aren't relevant
Orthodogs will forever seethe about Catholic thought, all they have is some smoke and mystic LARPS.

>> No.16613957

reddit invaded and they dont actually read. they see that he was christian and instantly sort that into their passively absorbed framework of what is good or not

>> No.16614021

>>16613342
>cites over 300 Greek, Roman, and Hebrew philosophers, poets, and theologians to build his arguments in his book City of God, a book that covers every subject under the sun
>/lit/ reduces all of that down into "he was a retard"
Dunning-Kruger
Ive seen idiots here say Marx and Foucault are "god tier" philosophers

>> No.16614028

>>16613467
>Augustine
>Roman Catholic thought

>> No.16614035

>>16613358
Niggers never invented a whell, never had a civilization that wasnt a complete shithole
Augustine was never black