Comments for The Eighth Day at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:26 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-eighth-day.html#comment-3165 Informative essay on Augustine. Last year, I read Peter Brown's biography of Augustine which further enhances my appreciation for the Great Man's contributions to the world. Just like his former life made him a more effective critic of paganism and heresies I feel that his daily interaction with working people makes him more relevant to the everyday lives of ordinary people. - Allen Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:52:57 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-eighth-day.html#comment-3164 My Church, Mr. Miner, is triumphant, militant and suffering and, not incidentally, the bride of Chirst. It is most assuredly the City of God and the fact that "some Catholics may not be saved" has nothing to do with it. Moreover, to say that the City of God may be "in our hearts" but is not the Church feels to me like New Age theology. No thank you! - Robert A. Hicks Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:52:38 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-eighth-day.html#comment-3163 It is dissembling to say Augustine fathered a son \out of wedlock." He lived with that woman for 15 years and it seems he loved her and his son -- this needs a better reasoned answer. - L Kramer Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:24:16 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-eighth-day.html#comment-3162 I wonder what Augustine would think if he returned today. I believe he would see a lot of restless hearts running around espousing various substitute causes for happiness, such as, saving trees, unbridled sex and greed. He would see very little concern for truth. He would see similarities to his own day. Augustine found, however, as the great philosophers said," human happiness is found in the pursuit of truth." That being the case, he would not see much of mankind being saved in our time. - Willie Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:23:38 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-eighth-day.html#comment-3161 Don't we need an Augustine today! Bravo Brad! - Chuck Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:21:33 +0100