If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. (Augustine of Hippo)

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

Augustine of Hippo

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