Scripture Meditation: Augustine on Delighting in Scripture
Teaching on Scripture Meditation from Augustine of Hippo: Augustine on Delighting in Scripture
This is a spiritual discipline on scripture and love, drawing on 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, Matthew 22:37-40 and John 5:39.
Augustine described his own transformation through Scripture: "I seized on the venerable writing of Your Spirit, and above all on the Apostle Paul. I read, and all those doubts with which he once seemed to be in contradiction with himself were resolved." In his "On Christian Teaching," Augustine laid out principles for reading Scripture that combined careful study with prayerful openness.…
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