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September 24, 2009 – 12:47 PM

As a way of illustrating "the sharper quality of Augustine's mind," Peter Brown (Augustine of Hippo: A Biography) considers Augustine's "long-drawn-out correspondence" with Jerome. According to Brown, this document is unique in the Early Church for "it shows two highly-civilized men conducting with studied courtesy, a singularly rancorous correspondence." The following section is a good [...]

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