Saint Augustine: Letters: Volume III (131

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These letters, taken as a whole, present a vivid and fascinating view of life in North Africa at the beginning of the fifth century. In addition to the comments about ecclesiastical and episcopal affairs, there are also letters on various threats to peace and security common in this period of the late empire, on slavery and the growth of the slave trade, and on Roman involvement in African...

According to the inward man, then, receive the words of understanding, for that is renewed day by day, even when ‘the outward man is corrupted,’1 either by the chastisement of abstinence, or by a spell of ill health, or by some mishap, or at least by the very onset of age—a necessary consequence even for those who enjoy good health for a long time. Therefore, lift up the spirit of your mind, ‘which is renewed unto knowledge, according to the image of him that created him,’2 where Christ

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