O love that always burns and never goes out, set me on fire.
Augustine of Hippo, Confessions 10.29.40
o amor, qui semper ardes et numquam extingueris, caritas, deus meus, accende me
O love that always burns and never goes out, set me on fire.
Augustine of Hippo, Confessions 10.29.40
What it means
Augustine prays to a love that is a fire which never dies. He asks not to understand it but to catch it. Ask to be lit, and keep the flame fed.
The source
"O love that always burns and never goes out, set me on fire." Augustine of Hippo said it in Confessions 10.29.40. Translated by E. B. Pusey, 1838.
"O love, who ever burnest and never consumest"E. B. Pusey, 1838, Confessions 10.29.40. Text read at gutenberg.org.
Who said it
Augustine of Hippo (354–430). North African bishop and philosopher. His Confessions, written in Latin around 400, is the first great autobiography in the West.
Questions
- What does "O love that always burns and never goes out, set me on fire." mean?
- Augustine prays to a love that is a fire which never dies. He asks not to understand it but to catch it. Ask to be lit, and keep the flame fed.
- Who said "O love that always burns and never goes out, set me on fire."?
- Augustine of Hippo (354–430). Source: Confessions 10.29.40.
- What is the original wording?
- O love, who ever burnest and never consumest (E. B. Pusey, 1838). Translated by E. B. Pusey, 1838.
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