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Saint Augustine: Tractates on the Gospel of John 11–27 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Of the 124 tractates that St. Augustine delivered to his congregation at Hippo Regius, the first fifty-four form a distinct group. They differ in length and character from the remaining tractates, contain many chronological references, and consist of bitter attacks on the Donatists and other heresies. The remaining tractates (55–124) are brief and contain no chronological references to prior...

reason, because a Jew was asking for a drink from it, something which Jews do not usually do. But he who was seeking a drink was thirsting for that woman’s faith. 12. Next hear who asks for a drink. “Jesus answered and said to her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who he is who says to you, “Give me to drink,” you perhaps would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.’ ” He asks for a drink, and he promises a drink. He is in need as one who is going to receive; and he is rich
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