/lit/ - Literature

Any recommendations on books written by saints? I'm trying to get into Christian theology and philosophy. So far I've got Confessions by St. Augustine and Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas.

>>12067091
>xii (18) It was obvious to me that things which are liable to corruption are good. If they were the supreme goods, or if they were not good at all, they could not be corrupted. For if they were supreme goods, they would be incorruptible. If there were no good in them, there would be nothing capable of being corrupted. Corruption does harm and unless it diminishes the good, no harm would be done. Therefore either corruption does not harm, which cannot be the case, or (which is wholly certain) all things that are corrupted suffer privation of some good. If they were to be deprived of all good, they would not exist at all. If they were to exist and to be immune from corruption, they would be superior because they would be permanently incorruptible. What could be more absurd than to say that by losing all good, things are made better? So then, if they are deprived of all good, they will be nothing at all. Therefore as long as they exist, they are good. Accordingly, whatever things exist are good, and the evil into whose origins I was inquiring is not a substance, for if it were a substance, it would be good. Either it would be an incorruptible substance, a great good indeed, or a corruptible substance, which could be corrupted only if it were good. Hence I saw and it was made clear to me that you made all things good, and there are absolutely no substances which you did not make. As you did not make all things equal, all things are good in the sense that taken individually they are good, and all things taken together are very good. For our God has made ‘all things very good’ (Gen.1: 31).
>xiii (19) For you evil does not exist at all, and not only for you but for your created universe, because there is nothing outside it which could break in and destroy the order which you have imposed upon it. But in the parts of the universe, there are certain elements which are thought evil because of a conflict of interest. These elements are congruous with other elements and as such are good, and are also good in themselves. All these elements which have some mutual conflict of interest are congruous with the inferior part of the universe which we call earth. Its heaven is cloudy and windy, which is fitting for it.

>>10069975
>I can't believe in a God and this crap at the same time.

Speaking of Reddit

>>9723412
I'm going to ruin your parade and point out this isn't exactly a unique theory, you see people accidentally stumbling on a similar line of thought all the time, nearly every religious figure could be described as post-modern and fits the criteria perfectly.

pic related was basically the proto-Nietzsche.

>>9655174
Hussies > virgins is the patrician opinion. Even Augustine knew.

Which is more damnable, an evil action or evil intent? If one does something good with evil intent, is that better than doing something evil with good intent?

Do you follow philosophy you read? I feel weird reading Augustine, when hour later i snort amphetamine and masturbate to degenerate porn, with vibrator up my ass

What are most /lit/ youtube channel? For me its howtobasic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI64e_AXZW0
really nihilistic desu

>>9148273
Rhetoric is a degenerate and sinful activity.