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           ThatwaswhyIwashereinragsandfilthandwretchedness.Iwasmeekandlowly,andIdespisedthefrailneedsandpassionsoftheflesh.AndIthoughtwithcontempt,andwithacertainsatisfaction,ofthefarcitiesoftheplainIhadknown,allunheeding,intheirpompandlust,ofthelastdaysonearathand.Well,theywouldseesoonenough,buttoolateforthem.AndIshouldsee.ButIwasready.AndtotheircriesandlamentationswouldIarise,rebornandglorious,andtakemywell-earnedandrightfulplaceintheCityofGod.

           Attimes,betweendreamsandvisionsinwhichIwasverilyandbeforemytimeintheCityofGod,Iconnedoverinmymindolddiscussionsandcontroversies.Yes,Novatuswasrightinhiscontentionthatpenitentapostatesshouldneveragainbereceivedintothechurches.Also,therewasnodoubtthatSabellianismwasconceivedofthedevil.SowasConstantine,thearch-fiend,thedevil’srighthand.

           ContinuallyIreturnedtocontemplationofthenatureoftheunityofGod,andwentoverandoverthecontentionsofNoetus,theSyrian.Better,however,didIlikethecontentionsofmybelovedteacher,Arius.Truly,ifhumanreasoncoulddetermineanythingatall,theremusthavebeenatime,intheverynatureofsonship,whentheSondidnotexist.InthenatureofsonshiptheremusthavebeenatimewhentheSoncommencedtoexist.Afathermustbeolderthanhisson.ToholdotherwisewereablasphemyandabelittlementofGod.