The St. Augustine Theology Forum
"Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God." [Jam 1:19-20]
"If he takes up rashly a meaning which the author whom he is reading did not intend, he often falls in with other statements which he cannot harmonize with this meaning. And if he admits that these statements are true and certain, then it follows that the meaning he had put upon the former passage cannot be the true one ... Faith will totter if the authority of Scripture begin to shake. And then, if faith totter, love itself will grow cold. For if a man has fallen from faith, he must necessarily also fall from love; for he cannot love what he does not believe to exist." (St. Augustine, On Christian Doctine, Book 1, Ch. 37, 397 AD)
"Since it is our duty fully to enjoy the truth which lives unchangeably, and since the triune God takes counsel in this truth for the things which He has made, the soul must be purified that it may have power to perceive that light, and to rest in it when it is perceived. And let us look upon this purification as a kind of journey or voyage to our native land. For it is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits." (St. Augustine, On Christian Doctine, Book 1, Ch. 10, 397 AD)
Hey Beacon, I just got a testimony that takes the cake! Anybody who is trying to experience a feeling inside them that makes an orgasm feel like a “hellish experience in comparison” is either insane or somebody worth listening to. LOL. 
It’s too bad this person wasn’t around to lift the spirits of the one who left the team hanging his head.
This testimony comes from a Catholic Child of The Way. I hesitate to say ex-Catholic, because we as Children of The Way are committed to continue worshipping Jesus Christ inside the Christian churches we’ve established human relationships in since the core of our belief is that marriage is an inseparable lifelong covenant bond between man and woman that symbolizes Christ’s unbreakable lifelong covenant bond of love for each and every person inside a church (Eph 5:32). I will add to our website the separation from Christianity from the perspective of this Catholic, who Children of The Way also consider to be Christians because of the words we heard coming out of their mouths while we were sitting in their pews putting the Catholic version of the “daily sacrifice,” which they call “mass,” under Daniel’s microscope (Dan 8:12-14).
God bless you,
Your brother in The Way,
Little Daniel
