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Thanks for the reply Alamo-Girl. I am familiar with Justin.

Since some of the ideas present in Justin's dialog, and I speak especially of Platonic thought being an underpinning for Christian theology and the "words of the Prophets" being truth, equivalent to "Revelation as Knowledge" in Augustine, I would like to mention something I thought about including in what I wrote on Augustine, but omitted for space, which is that in many respects Augustine represents a synthesis of many ideas of Christian belief present in the Graeco-Roman world but not yet pulled together in a coherent and cohesive body of thought. But if I introduce synthesis, then I can go on and on without end. Lord knows I put up enough to chew on in what I did write.

Thank you for the encouragement! Your essay was great and I'm sure we'd all love to hear more on your "take" on Augustine and synthesis.

This entire thread is a treasure for me. It is bookmarked because sometimes a point made here or there on a truly great thread has bearing for a future discussion as well.