Augustine of Hippo, Epistle Ad Pomponium, De Virginibus sect. 4. As quoted in St Cyprian c.ad 200–258 Roman writer and martyr; Bishop of Carthage, Oxford Reference
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There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church.
— Augustine of Hippo on Ecumenism
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About Augustine of Hippo
St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Christian theologian, rhetor, North African bishop, Doctor of the Catholic Church, saint, and a philosopher influenced in his early years by Manichaeism and the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus.
About Augustine of Hippo
St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Christian theologian, rhetor, North African bishop, Doctor of the Catholic Church, saint, and a philosopher influenced in his early years by Manichaeism and the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus.
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