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Saint Augustine: The Teacher; The Free Choice of the Will; Grace and Free Will is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Teacher, written in the form of a dialogue between Augustine and his son Adeodatus, discusses linguistic philosophies, such as the association of words and their corresponding signs and the nature of that arrangement. This exposes the natural miscommunication that occurs between two conversing humans, establishing his concluding point: we are all called to listen, as God is the source of all...

30. In another passage, too, God makes it very plain through the same Prophet that it is He who brings about such changes, not by reason of any good merits found in men, but for His own name’s sake, where He says: “It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went. And I will sanctify my great name which was profaned among the Gentiles, which you have profaned in the midst of them: that the Gentiles
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