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"Ergo noli quaerere intelligere ut credas, sed crede ut intelligas."

— Augustine of Hippo

January 1, 1970

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Therefore do not seek to understand in order to believe, but believe that thou mayest understand. — Tractates on the Gospel of John; tractate XXIX on John 7:14-18, §6 A Select Library of the Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume VII by St. Augustine, chapter VII (1888) as translated by Philip Schaff. — Compare: Anselm of Canterbury: "Nor do I seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand".

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Therefore do not seek to understand in order to believe, but believe that thou mayest understand. — Tractates on the Gospel of John; tractate XXIX on John 7:14-18, §6 A Select Library of the Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Volume VII by St. Augustine, chapter VII (1888) as translated by Philip Schaff. — Compare: Anselm of Canterbury: "Nor do I seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand".