"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
— Augustine of Hippo

January 1, 1970

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Earliest attribution found in Who Said That?: More than 2,500 Usable Quotes and Illustrations (1995) by George Sweeting. Online sources always attribute the quote to Augustine, but never specify in which of his works it is to be found.