奥古斯丁对牧师工作的评价:
“扰乱者要责备,灰心者要激励,软弱者要扶持,抵挡者要鄙视,奸诈者要警惕,生疏者要教导,怠惰者要激发,争辩者要束缚,傲慢者要压制,诉讼者要怀柔,贫穷者要救济,受压者要解放,善良者要褒扬,恶要忍耐,当使人人蒙爱。”
——(St Augustine, “Sermon CCIX, ”Quoted in John T McNeill, 1951, A History of the Cure of Souls, New York: Harper and Row, P. 100)