Munamato waAugustine kuMweya Mutsvene

St. Augustine (354-430) vakagadzira munamato uyu pa Mudzimu mutsvene:

Fema mandiri, Mweya Mutsvene,
Pfungwa dzangu ngadzive tsvene.
Ita mandiri, Mweya Mutsvene,
Basa rangu ngarive dzvene.
Dhonza mwoyo wangu, O Mweya Mutsvene,
Kuti ndide zvinhu zvitsvene.
Ndisimbise Mweya Mutsvene.
Kudzivirira zvose zvitsvene.
Naizvozvo ndichengete, iwe Mweya Mutsvene,
Kuti ndigare ndiri mutsvene.

St. Augustine uye Tiriniti

Chakavanzika cheTiriniti chakagara chiri nyaya yakakosha yekurukurirano pakati pevadzidzisi vebhaibheri. Mipiro yaSt Augustine kunzwisiso yeChechi yoUtatu inorangarirwa kuva pakati pemikurusa. Mubhuku rake 'On the Trinity' Augustine akatsanangura Utatu muchirevo chehukama, achibatanidza kuzivikanwa kweUtatu se'mumwe' nemusiyano wevanhu vatatu: Baba, Mwanakomana uye Mweya Mutsvene. Augustine akatsanangurawo hupenyu hwese hwechiKristu sekudyidzana nemunhu wese wevamwari.

Augustine uye Chokwadi

St. Augustine akanyora nezvokutsvaka kwake chokwadi mubhuku rake rinonzi Confessions. Akapedza hujaya hwake achiedza kunzwisisa Mwari kuti atende. Augustine paakazotenda muna Mwari, akaziva kuti kana ukatenda muna Mwari ndipo paunotanga kumunzwisisa. Augustine akanyora nezvaMwari mubhuku rake rinonzi Confessions naaya mashoko: «zvakavanzwa zvikuru uye zvazvino zvikuru; . . . yakasimba uye isinganzwisisike, isingachinji uye inoshanduka; hachisati chiri chitsva, chisati chasakara; . . . nguva dzose kubasa, nguva dzose pakuzorora; . . . anotsvaka asi ane zvinhu zvose. . . . ".

St. Augustine Chiremba weChechi

Zvinyorwa nedzidziso zvaSt. Augustine zvinorangarirwa kuva pakati pezvine simba zvikurusa munhau yeChechi. Augustine akagadzwa kuva Chiremba weChechi, izvo zvinoreva kuti Chechi inotenda kuti kunzwisisa kwake uye zvinyorwa zvinopa zvinokosha kudzidziso dzeChechi, dzakadai sechivi chepakutanga, rusununguko rwokusarudza, uye Utatu. Manyoro ake akabatanidza zvizhinji zvezvitendero nedzidziso zveChechi mukutarisana nenhema dzakawanda dzezvitendero. Augustine ainyanya kuva mudziviriri wechokwadi uye mufudzi wevanhu vake.