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When worlds collide
Okay, so that’s Book III of City of God completed. I know, I’m going very slowly. But at least I’m persisting. My main discovery about Book III was how little I know about Roman history. Reading...
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On the fate of twins
Well I have to say that Augustine slightly surprised me in Book 5 of City of God. I did not expect twin studies to be the basis of his refutation of astrology. But the biggie: reconciling free will...
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Leaving the city
So, that’s Augustine over. ‘What?’ I hear you cry. ‘You worked your way through all twenty-two books, understanding them perfectly?’ Well, no. Of course not. I read exactly three books (I, III, V)....
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No sex please, we’re from Subiaco
Let’s face it. Gregory’s biography of Benedict is odd. Not just slightly unusual, but plain odd. What with the raising of the dead, the invisible dragons, and the Devil sitting down on rocks to make...
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Monks, dragons and readers
So, in Chapter XXV of Benedict’s biography, Gregory writes ‘of the monk, who leaving his Monastery met a dragon in the way’. Every one of my spider senses tingled when reading this passage, since it...
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Benedict’s Rule
Apparently the Rule is meant to represent a moderate vision of how to run a monastery. Perhaps compared to living in the Egyptian desert eating only locusts it is. Perhaps. On the other hand, regular...
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Supermonk v the World
I don’t think it would be worthwhile adding anything to this (lengthy) quote from Earnest Brehaut’s introduction to Gregory of Tours. It seems to me that this sanctus/virtus binary pair may be the key...
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No use crying over spilled wine
Not the wine I was drinking, but appropriate anyway So, having previously complained about the standard of my copy of Gregory of Tours (basically a print on demand copy of a poor internet version of...
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Manga Bede
It’s been a long, long time since I last posted anything, but to make it up to you I present… Bede as never seen before. This rough draft is the only existing page of a projected manga novel covering...
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More manga, more Bede
So, this comic book business is much slower than I’d have thought. First a small change to the last page. Ethelberg is on the verge of giving birth, so now she’s looking a little more pregnant. (Well,...
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