Now that I have forsaken the world I will pursue a life of philosophical retreat here at Cassiciacum!
Now that I am baptized I see that I must pursue the blessed life for the benefit of my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Thagaste
Here, near Thagaste, I will pursue the blessed life with the help of my brethren as a Servant of God.
Hippo Regius
Don't let him escape!
This is not what I had in mind . . .
Quick! Ordain him before he gets away!
Grant me justice against my adversary!
I want my money back!
The Tribune demands your presence this afternoon.
The dead baby is her's. The alive one is mine!
Should we pay taxes to Caesar?
I have a theological question to ask you.
Now my years are spent in mourning. And thou, O Lord, art my comfort, my eternal Father. But I have been torn between the times, the order of which I do not know, and my thoughts, even the inmost and deepest places of my soul, are mangled by various commotions until I shall flow together into thee, purged and molten in the fire of thy love.