[Sca-cooks] a Lenten question-

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Jeff Gedney:
>I am sure that he meant St Augustine...
>He is responsible for a lot of the church doctrine that comes out of
>the era... including promulgating the formerly Manichean (a quasi
>Christian sect he belonged to in his wilder youth) Doctrine of Good
>and Evil, God and Devil, being opposite and constantly warring forces.
>He was a prolific writer and Christian philosopher, and basically
>crushed the Pelagian "heresy".

Interesting, since the Pelagian "heresy" is one of the more sensible 
interpretations of Christianity, IMO. But yes, he was instrumental in 
halting its spread.

I like the story about Saint Jerome and Pelagius. They were hundreds 
of miles apart, on their respective deathbeds, communicating by mail, 
and Pelagius, whom Jerome had previously described as a fat dog, 
stuffed to the bursting point with disgusting Scottish porridge, 
begged Jerome to forgive him his trespasses, so they might stand as 
comrades before God in the hereafter. Jerome, of course, ever the 
patron saint of 2005, responded to his dear brother in Christ's 
request by saying, in essence, that the possibility of Pelagius 
standing before God wasn't anything he needed to worry about, and 
whatever is the Vulgate Latin for "screw you". Essentially, the last 
scene in the movie, "The War of the Roses".

Gotta love that Saint Jerome...

Adamantius
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"S'ils n'ont pas de pain, vous fait-on dire, qu'ils  mangent de la 
brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them 
eat cake!"
	-- attributed to an unnamed noblewoman by Jean-Jacques 
Rousseau, "Confessions", 1782

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