¹²⁰⁵ In the original of this sentence there is a characteristic antithesis of phrases: "Non sane mors eorum donae vitae occasus fuit sed melioris occasio."

¹²⁰⁶ See note to letter CXXXIII. p. 470.

¹²⁰⁷ Deum sibi placare.

¹²⁰⁸ Me nullum esse expertum concubitum praeter uxorem.

¹²⁰⁹ Evodius, Bishop of Uzala, was one of Augustine's early friends. He was a native of the same town (Tagaste), and joined Augustine and Alypius in seeking religious retirement after their baptism, in 387 A.D. He was also with them at Ostia when Monica died. (Confessions, Book ix. ch. 8 and 12).

¹²¹⁰ Nam scholastico proconsulis excipiebat.

¹²¹¹ Strenuus in notis..

¹²¹² Dissolvi et esse cum Christo. Phil. i. 23.

¹²¹³ Psallebat.

¹²¹⁴ Ps. lxxxiv. 2, LXX.

¹²¹⁵ Ps. xxiii. 5, 6, LXX.

¹²¹⁶ 2 Cor. iv. 16.

¹²¹⁷ Redemptionals sacramenta obtulimus.

¹²¹⁸ Rom. viii. 37.

¹²¹⁹ Matt. xxvi. 53.

¹²²⁰ 1 Sam. xxviii. 14.

¹²²¹ Matt. xvii. 3.

¹²²² Gen. xviii. 6.

¹²²³ Tob xii. 16.

¹²²⁴ Matt. i. 20.

¹²²⁵ Exhibitus quodammodo pergit.

¹²²⁶ Matt. x. 29.

¹²²⁷ Qui servit ancillis Dei.

¹²²⁸ Increduli.

¹²²⁹ 1 Pet. iii. 18-21.

¹²³⁰ Ps. xvi. 10.

¹²³¹ Acts ii. 24, 27, in which the words rendered by Augustine "inferni dolores" are; ta0j w/dinaj tou= qanatou.

¹²³² Ps. lxxxviii. 5.

¹²³³ We give the original of this important sentence:-"De illo quidem primo homine patre generis humani, quod eum inde solverit Ecclesia fere tota consentit: quod eam non inaniter credidisse credendum est, undecumque hoc traditum sit, etiamsi canonicarum Scripturarum hinc expressa non proferatur auctoritas."

¹²³⁴ Wisd. x. 1, 2.

¹²³⁵ Luke xvi. 26.

¹²³⁶ Ps. xvi. 10.

¹²³⁷ Rev. i. 5.

¹²³⁸ Acts ii. 28.

¹²³⁹ Heb. xi. 40.

¹²⁴⁰ 1 Pet. iv. 1, 6.

¹²⁴¹ Infernorum. Phil. ii. 9.