St augustine confessions biography book 6
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Summary
Monica followed Augustine to Milan by sea, but before embarking she had another vision during which she learned that she would arrive safely. She encouraged the sailors on board, who were usually the ones to assuage the fears of the passengers rather than be comforted themselves. In Milan she led a quiet and devout life that inspired admiration in Augustine and made him wonder whether God had predestined him to be a Christian after all.
While in Milan, Monica followed the African custom of bringing baskets of bread and wine to honor the dead saints. Small meals were taken at the shrines of these saints, and sometimes led to drunkenness on the part of those who attended. Monica's offerings never inspired such debauchery, but she was nonetheless told to put an end to them by Bishop Ambrose. Augustine admired Monica's unquestioning acceptance of Ambrose's authority.
Augustine still struggled with the idea of "spiritual substance" - how, he wondered, could God be spiritual but still have created man in his own image? He learned that most Christians do not take this passage in Genesis literally, but rather have learned to gain figurative truth from the Bible in instances of philosophical and theological difficulty. Ambrose quotes Corinthians to his congregation: "The le
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St. Augustine Confessions - Book Six
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Turmoil in the twenties. Monica follows Augustine to Milan and finds him a catechumen in the Catholic Church. Both admire Ambrose but Augustine gets no help from him on his personal problems. Ambition spurs and Alypius and Nebridius join him in a confused quest for the happy life. Augustine becomes engaged, dismisses his first mistress, takes another, and continues his fruitless search for truth.
CHAPTER I
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By this time my mother had come to me, having mustered the courage of piety, following over sea and land, secure in thee through all the perils of the journey. For in the dangers of the voyage she comforted the sailors -- to whom the inexperienced voyagers, when alarmed, were accustomed to go for comfort -- and assured them of a safe arrival because she had been
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The Confessions (Book VI)
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