“Poco a poco fui derivando a tonterías tales como la de creer que un higo sufre cuando lo cortan y que la higuera llora lágrimas de leche. En mi miseria llegué hasta creer que mayor misericordia hay que tener para con los frutos de la tierra que para con los hombres mismos para cuyo bien fueron creados los frutos.”
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Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.
Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.