How Sin Keeps Us from Knowing Ourselves
Augustine of Hippo on the effect of sin on our knowledge of ourselves
“Our sins don’t just keep our mind from seeing the light. They keep our mind from seeing itself. …
“There remains a lamentable darkness within me in which my own inclinations lie hidden from me. …
“Your mercy, O Lord, is our only hope.”
—Augustine of Hippo, Expositions of the Psalms and Confessions
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