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augustinian
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Augustinian \Au`gus*tin"i*an\, n. One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 of, or relating to St (w: Augustine of Hippo) 2 of, or relating to several religious orders influenced by him n. 1 a follower of St Augustine, of his doctrines 2 a friar or monk of any Augustinian order
Usage examples of augustinian.
However, in 1560 Madame Angele de Bresse established such an order in Italy, with the same rules as the Augustinian order.
It was a back-wash of the old Augustinian Puritanism against the Aristotelian liberality.
So the Thomist was free to be an Aristotelian, instead of being bound to be an Augustinian.
Luther, when he threw his inkhorn at the devil, was no more mad than any other Augustinian monk: he had a more vivid imagination, and had perhaps eaten and slept less: that was all.
Before going I told the girl that I wanted to discuss some important matters with her, and I told her to meet me in the cloisters of the Augustinian Church.
This fact, combined with her disinclination to overcome the Augustinian picture of man in herself, prevented her from taking Traherne equally seriously where he speaks as one who is endowed with a never interrupted memory of his primeval cosmic consciousness - notwithstanding the fact that Traherne himself has pointed to this side of his nature as the most significant for his fellow-men.
He mentioned also an Augustinian monk who had taught him to read, and another reverend father, a Capuchin, whose irregular conduct had caused much scandal in the neighbourhood.
The old King Henry had refounded it upon the remnant of an older house of secular canons, very poorly endowed and quietly mouldering, but the Augustinians had made a success of it, and the fine gatehouse, spacious court and splendid church spoke for their zeal and efficiency.
The Augustinians were prepared to protect both their privileges and their patients.
Dominic (died 1221), and the Augustinians Hermits, to which Luther himself belonged, and which claimed foundation by St.
The time was long past when a question could arise as to the right of the Augustinians to rich possessions in church and convent.
Now why, I wonder, did he choose the Benedictines rather than his familys favourite Augustinians?
Now why, I wonder, did he choose the Benedictines rather than his family’s favourite Augustinians?
Carmelites, Jesuits, Dominicans, Augustinians, Benedictines, et cetera, each of which had lost no time in erecting a high stone wall around its property-line to shield it from the intrigues and supposed heresies of the neighboring Orders.
The Augustinians were unwilling to condemn Luther, for he was under attack from their chief rivals, the Dominicans, the detested order who became ‘Inquisitors’ and burned witches and heretics.