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To: jude24

Augustine saw here his mandate to use force to convert people and ensure doctrinal orthodoxy.

Rather, Augustine saw here a mandate to return wayward Catholics to the fold and uphold Canon Law and their lawful oaths.

12 posted on 07/16/2003 7:08:00 PM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker

To: Hermann the Cherusker

I dont think canon law had evolved yet... that came around more in the Middle Ages, IIRC.

14 posted on 07/16/2003 7:38:30 PM PDT by jude24 ("Moods change. Truth does not. " - Dr. Ravi Zacharias)

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