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Professor's Personal Link To Augustine
- Elizabeth Klein took Augustine as her confirmation name and did her dissertation on him, feeling his presence at the Institute.
- She valued the relics and icons of Augustine and Monica in the Augustine Institute chapel.
Heart On Fire And Mind At Work
- Augustine combines passionate love for God with rigorous learning, symbolized by the heart and books in his imagery.
- His motto “our hearts are restless until they rest in God” captures why he loves scripture and intellectual devotion.
Learn To Read Scripture Before Teaching It
- Read Augustine's De Doctrina Christiana to learn practical rules for reading and communicating Scripture.
- Augustine wrote it as a handbook for priests, emphasizing Scripture literacy before preaching.