Love Song: Augustine's Confessions for Modern Man
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20. Anthony (2517-356) was an Egyptian Christian who at about eighteen years of age gave away his possessions and devoted him¬ self to an ascetic life, retiring to the desert in 285. He came out of solitude to organize his disciples under a rule of living, and is considered the founder of the monastic movement in the West¬ ern church.
21. Trier, or Treves, on the river Moselle in Alsace, was an important city in the ancient Roman Empire.
22. Luke 14:28-30.
23. Matthew 11:12.
24. Cf. Romans 7:17.
25. Cf. Psalm 6:3; 51:17; 79:5,8.
26. The letters of the Apostle Paul referred to above, p. 110.
27. Cf. Matthew 19:21, kjv.
28. Romans 13:13-14, rsv.
29. Romans 14:1, rsv.
30. Ephesians 3:20, rsv.
31. See pp. 46-48.
32. Psalm 30:11.
book nine • Genius Afire
1. Matthew 11:30; Psalm 19:14.
2. Psalm 19:6.
3. Psalm 4:2, neb.
4. Ephesians 1:20.
book ten • What Is My God?
' si» 1. 1 Corinthians 13:12.
2. Ephesians 5:27.
3. Psalm 51:6; John 3:21.