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(A.D. 394 or 395) From Augustine to Jerome Part 2

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5. For my part, I would devote all the strength which the Lord grants me, to show that every one of those texts which are wont to be quoted in defence of the expediency of falsehood ought to be otherwise understood, in order that everywhere the sure truth of these passages themselves may be consistently [...]

(A.D. 394 or 395) From Augustine to Jerome Part 1

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To Jerome, His Most Beloved Lord, and Brother and Fellow-Presbyter, Worthy of Being Honoured and Embraced with the Sincerest Affectionate Devotion, Augustin Sends Greeting.
Chapter 1
1. Never was the face of any one more familiar to another, than the peaceful, happy, and truly noble diligence of your studies in the Lord has become to me. For [...]

(A.D. 390) From Augustine to Antoninus

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To Antoninus Augustin Sends Greeting.
1. As letters are due to you by two of us, a part of our debt is repaid with very abundant usury when you see one of the two in person; and since by his voice you, as it were, hear my own, I might have refrained from writing, had I [...]

Some Early Christian Reading Material: Notes

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To understand Christianity is to understand what the early Christians really believed…in many of the early Christian writings you will find several things…among those things…
an extreme lack of idolatry…rarely is Jesus even mentioned…and if he is mentioned it is in a passing context…
the early focus was the morality of their beliefs and a universal god.
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