The Confessions of Saint Augustine by St. Augustine & John K. Ryan

Author:St. Augustine & John K. Ryan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Autobiography, Religion, Classics, Catholicism, Christianity
ISBN: 9780307785909
Publisher: Image
Published: 2011-01-26T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

RESIGNATION OF A PROFESSORSHIP

(13) When the vintage vacation was ended, I sent word to the citizens of Milan that they should arrange for another seller of words for their students. This was both because I had chosen to serve you and because I was no longer equal to that profession by reason of difficulty in breathing and the pain in my chest. By letters I made known to your bishop, Ambrose, that holy man, both my former errors and my present intention, so that he could advise me as to which of your books it would be best for me to read, to the end that I would become more prepared and better fitted to receive so great a grace. He recommended the prophet Isaias: I believe it was because he is a more manifest prophet of the gospel and of the calling of the Gentiles than are the other writers. But in fact I did not understand the first lesson in this book, and thinking the whole work to be similar, I put it aside to be taken up again when I was better accustomed to the Lord’s mode of speech.

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