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Simplicity: Augustine on Ordered Love

By Augustine of HippoSource: Augustine of Hippo - On Christian Teaching (De Doctrina Christiana) (Public Domain)180 words

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Matthew 6:33 Matthew 22:37-39 Colossians 3:1-2

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