“Two parents have generated us for death; two parents have generated us for life.” This is a statement St. Augustine proclaimed in Sermon 22. The parents of death are, of course, Adam and Eve—as they ushered in original sin and the Fall of man. And who are the parents of life? Namely, according to Augustine—none other than God and the Virgin Mary. It could be argued that Augustine is saying…
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