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The world is filled like a field with the fragrance of the name of Christ; and his is the blessing of the dew of heaven, that is, of the showers of divine words, of the richness of the soil, that is of the gathering of the peoples. It is Christ whom the nations serve, and to whom the princes do reverence. He is lord over his brother, since his people have dominion over the Jews.

Senior year of high school I had to read the handbook of catholic apologetics, and my favorite proof of God was “the music of beethoven, you either get it or you don’t.” Augustine has a similar one:

“We have the evidence of the world itself in all its ordered change and movement… its maker could have been none other than God, the ineffably and invisibly great, the ineffably and invisibly beautiful” -XI.4

Through part 1. Came to my first point of disagreement w/ St. A— he seems to accept the premise that we are embodied souls, which isn’t surprising considering his known Neo-platonic sympathies. I prefer Aristotle’s hylomorphicity in my conception of the relationship of body and soul. Still enjoying the book, but man was book 10 a beast. Looking forward to part 2.