The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.
Saint AugustineHe who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
Saint AugustineI asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.
Saint AugustineThough he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."
Saint Augustine