There's a felt tension when trying to remain hopeful without denying what's happening, or trying to remain honest about what's happening without hardening against the world altogether. We've grown accustomed to treating those impulses as opposites, yet they often arrive together, because the anger is only possible when the love is real, and the hope only stays honest because something in us refuses to look away.

This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/permission-to-be-seen

#Augustine #LifeboatAcademy

#Neoplatonism gave #Augustine the philosophical vocabulary and metaphysical framework he needed, but Christianity (especially Paul) gave him the drama of sin, grace, and redemption that #Plotinus never could.

#philosophy #theology #metaphysics #storytelling

Augustine and Vedanta are closer to each other than either is to Plotinus in rejecting the idea that matter is intrinsically evil, but they still differ sharply in how they explain evil and the human predicament.

#Augustine #Vedanta #Christianity #Hinduism #theology #Neoplatonism

#JulianofNorwich: "I saw God never began to love us...We have always been in God's foreknowledge, known & loved from w/o beginning...We were made for love." Julian breaks from #Augustine et al's preaching re: #OriginalSin, siding w/ those who know we have been loved fr the beginning. https://bit.ly/453ossb
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/us-catholics-trump-pope; https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/party-identification-among-religious-groups-and-religiously-unaffiliated-voters/; https://zenit.org/2026/04/13/support-for-trump-among-catholics-plummets-according-to-a-new-poll-conducted-amid-the-war/. "Vice-President JD Vance... told the pope on Tuesday to 'be careful' when discussing #theology. Mike Johnson, the House speaker, subsequently suggested that the pontiff did not understand 'just war' #moral #philosophy, despite the pope being a... #scholar of Saint #Augustine, the 4th-century theologian who first articulated the idea in #Christian theology." Pope Leo XIV has a PhD in Augustinian theology!
‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope

Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV polarizing the diverse community as faith and politics come to a head

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Ecclesiastical trivia: "#Augustine’s mission succeeded first in Kent, whose king converted, so Canterbury had the strongest early claim as the new archiepiscopal seat." https://studythechurch.com/articles/medieval/anglican-canterbury

#history

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RaiNews: Il Papa in Algeria, visita l'Annaba del "suo" Agostino: "Il cuore di Dio straziato dai prepotenti"

Il Pontefice si reca nel sito archeologico dell'antica Ippona, diocesi dove Sant'Agostino fu vescovo

The Pope in Algeria, visits the Annaba of “his” Augustine: “The heart of God wounded by the powerful.”

The Pontiff visits the archaeological site of ancient Hippo, the diocese where St. Augustine was bishop.

#Algeria #Augustine #Hippo #StAugustine

https://www.rainews.it/video/2026/04/il-papa-in-algeria-visita-lannaba-del-suo-agostino-il-cuore-di-dio-straziato-dai-prepotenti-1bf25c80-0b96-4849-9b01-a4717bbb39e1.html

Il Papa in Algeria, visita l'Annaba del "suo" Agostino: "Il cuore di Dio straziato dai prepotenti"

Il Pontefice si reca nel sito archeologico dell'antica Ippona, diocesi dove Sant'Agostino fu vescovo

RaiNews

Il Foglio RSS: Trovare Dio scambiando il filosofo del “motore immobile” per Agostino

Se c’è un concetto almeno apparentemente “freddo” nella filosofia aristotelica, questo è senz’altro il concetto di Dio, l’atto puro, il motore immobile, colui che muove senza esser... Contenuto a pagamento - Accedi al sito per abbonarti

Finding God by exchanging the philosopher of the “moving motor” for Augustine.

If there’s a concept that’s certainly “cold” in Aristotelian philosophy, this is undoubtedly the concept of God, the pure act, the unmoved mover, he who moves without being… Paid Content - Access the website to subscribe.

#Augustine #Aristotelian

https://www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2026/03/21/news/trovare-dio-scambiando-il-filosofo-del-motore-immobile-per-agostino-8798250/

Trovare Dio scambiando il filosofo del “motore immobile” per Agostino

Aristotele senza le astrazioni del teismo e del moralismo. Il motore immobile non crea, non ama e non guarda il mondo. Eppure la metafisica aristotelica ha plasmato la teologia cristiana: tra contemplazione, felicità e intelletto, la scintilla divina passa dall’antichità alla fede

Il Foglio
"Non si può morire a 25 anni in un Cpr. Voglio giustizia per mio marito"

Augustine, la moglie di Simo Said, morto il 12 febbraio nel Centro di permanenza per il rimpatrio di Bari, chiede che venga fatta luce su quanto è accaduto. "Morte naturale" è la versione ufficiale ma la Procura sta indagando. Si sospetta un mix di farmaci e metadone ma si sta cercando anche di ricostruire i fatti precedenti al decesso. L'uomo sarebbe rimasto in isolamento. Mentre uno dei testimoni chiave è stato trasferito nella struttura di Gjadër, in Albania

Altreconomia