33.699): This question [i.e., of images arising in the soul in sleep
324 NOTES been taken as referring to the offspring by a translator's error in many Latin manuscripts. In Book 6 [6.27.38] my statement that Adam by his sin lost the image of God in which he was made must not be taken to mean that no trace of the image remained in him. Rather it was so disfigured that it needed renewal. In Book 12 [12.33.62] where I was speaking of hell, I think I should have said that it is under the earth rather than given a reason why it is believed to be or said to be under the earth as if it were not so. This treatise begins with the words: "Sacred Scripture, taken as a whole, is divided into two parts."
3. Epistula 159.2 (CSEL 44.499,17-500,4 Goldbacher; ML 33.699): This question [i.e., of images arising in the soul in sleep and in waking hours] is thoroughly examined in the twelfth book of the commentary which I wrote on Genesis, and my discussion there abounds in examples taken from my personal experiences and from reliable accounts of others. You yourself, when you read this essay, can judge my ability and my success in treating these matters; that is, if the Lord allows me to publish these books, after making whatever corrections are possible and appropriate, and thus to avoid more prolonged discussions which would mean a further delay for my friends who are waiting to see the treatise.