The Works of Aurelius Augustine
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ISBN13: 9780217112154
Paperback|9780217112154
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: he.sit.ited to take the fields which he had thus held; and although he might have contented himself with asking from the emperor no more than a remission of the fiscal arrears which his predecessor had incurred on this small property, he preferred to confess without reserve that Paul had bought the property at an auction with money of his own, at a time when he was bankrupt as a debtor to the public revenue, so that now the Church may, if possible, obtain possession of this, not through the secret fraud of her bishop, but by an open act of the Christian emperor's liberality. And if this be impossible, the servants of God prefer to bear the hardship of want, rather than obtain the supply of that which they require under reproaches of conscience for dishonourable dealing. 3. I beg you to condescend to give your support to this petition, because he has resolved not to bring forward the decision in his favour which was formerly obtained, lest it should preclude him from the liberty of making a second application; for the answer then given fell short of what he desired. And now, since you are of the same kindly disposition that you formerly were, but possessed of greater influence, I do not despair of this being easily granted by the Lord's help, in consideration of your claims on the emperor; and if even you were to ask the gift of this property in your own name, and present it to the church of which I have spoken, who would find fault with your request; nay, rather, who would not commend it, as dictated not by personal covetousness, but by Christian piety ? May the mercy of the Lord our God shield you, and make you more and more happy in Christ, my lord and son. LETTEE XCVIL (a.d. 408.) To Olympius, My Excellent And Justly Distinguished Lord, And My Son Worthy Of Much Honou...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217112154 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217112153 |
| Weight | 1.47 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.02 In |
| List Price | $26.44 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 458 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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