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I am trying to recall where St. Augustine says the following: when dealing with creation accounts we should not invent miracles by God to explain the accounts.

This is not a direct quote.

Any help?

Thanks!
 
Crumpy said:
Augustine wrote a lot, I’m told.
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That’s not an answer.

Yes, it’s that time again. Time to refute all literal interpretations of Genesis. But it’s a big hobby around here it seems.

Peace,
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Jim_Baur said:
I am trying to recall where St. Augustine says the following: when dealing with creation accounts we should not invent miracles by God to explain the accounts.

This is not a direct quote.

Any help?

Thanks!
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Why don’t you just read all the papers written by St Augustine about creation?
 
I have studied his writings in this area, but cannot locate the quote and was hoping for some help.
 
Again, I have asked for help many times on this site and have always been given help.

Thanks!
 
Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars and even their size and relative positions, about the predictable eclipses of the sun and moon, the cycles of the years and the seasons, about the kinds of animals, shrubs, stones, and so forth, and this knowledge he holds to as being certain from reason and experience.
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Now, it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrassing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn. The shame is not so much that an ignorant individual is derided, but that people outside the household of faith think our sacred writers held such opinions, and, to the great loss of those for whose salvation we toil, the writers of our Scripture are criticized and rejected as unlearned men.
Now, it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrassing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn. The shame is not so much that an ignorant individual is derided, but that people outside the household of faith think our sacred writers held such opinions, and, to the great loss of those for whose salvation we toil, the writers of our Scripture are criticized and rejected as unlearned men.
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farpinho

Thanks!

This is close, but I think that St. Augustine actually used words close to what I said, that is, do not make up miracles or miraculous events to explain biblical things.

One example would be concerning light on the first three days of creation.

In other words do not create false science to explain how there could have been light without the sun.

Again, thanks for your time, energy and help.

If I had the time and energy, I might be able to find it.

Again, thanks!
 
farpinho:

Thanks!

I will have to read this, it will take some time.

Again

Thanks!
 
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