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“...Luther relied on St. Augustine...”

For fellow Catholics so that they do not fall for the spin against St. Augustine:

Of course Luther relied on St. Augustine - Luther was a failed Augustinian monk. Luther retained a certain amount of his Augustinian formation; it was the teachings Luther personally rejected with no authority to do so that are problematic; certainly the writings listed are not the least bit problematic. This is because the writings left out prove beyond question that St. Augustine was a Catholic Bishop.

To reiterate, the writings set forth prove nothing; St. Augustine was a Roman Catholic Bishop who taught without error, converted by St. Ambrose.

Just as in the MSM, what is being left OUT is extremely significant. This is also the way Luther himself operated, he was the one who edited out the relevant writings to shore up his man made religion.

St. Augustine, Sermons 227 (A.D. 411):
“What your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the body of Christ and the chalice is the blood of Christ.

Fellow Catholic and Orthodox Christians; - pay no attention to the wolves in sheep’s clothing (Matthew 7:15) trying to prove that the Church Fathers weren’t Catholic. By this I refer to the universal Church meaning of the word catholic, out of respect for our orthodox fellow Christians on this thread. In the general sense, the attempt to prove that our common Church Fathers did not recognize a sacramental apostolic Church without Bishops easily fails as absurd.

I personally own the 4 Volume set of the collected Sunday Sermons of the Church Fathers in book form, and it is obvious simply by opening the books that when one is not cherry picking from an internet search, the Fathers were without a doubt free from error in their writings.

I apologize to responding to the attempt to waylay this thread. I have taken the bait and already regret it, and will try not to do so in the future. However, I felt the need to defend St. Augustine.

On Topic: this is an excellent thread and thanks for posting. It would seem that the new Doctor is appropriately named since his teaching contained no error, and the eastern branch of the Church is the western’s other lung. Maybe this is one step closer to formal healing of the ancient schism? Although in general this Pope makes me very nervous.