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Pseudo-Augustine "Doubt is an element of Faith"
One of my friends pointed out to me a quotation attributed to Augustine, but which didn’t sound Augustinian. My friend’s suspicions were correct. The quotation in question was this: “Doubt is an element of faith.” I found this attributed to Augustine in a number of sources: “Doubt, as Saint Augustine wrote, is actually an element…
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An Ancient Misquotation
I previously noted a large number of post-Reformation folks misquoting Matthew 23:37 and/or Luke 13:34. Such misquotation is apparently not unique to the modern times. As a friend recently pointed out to me, around the third century (A.D. not B.C.) the author of the first two chapters 4 Esdras wrote: 4 Esdras 1:28-30Thus saith the…
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Misquoting Matthew 23:37 or Luke 13:34
The following texts get misquoted amazingly often. First, here are the texts. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Luke 13:34…