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Author QuotedLactantius
Title QuotedDe Opifico Dei
Date (Year/Month/Day)1962/07/03
Imprint[S.l.] : [s.n.]. 304
QuotationDiscovery of Lactantius, particularly De Opificis Dei. Because I read and like St. Augustine and St. Gregory in the novitiate, I thought of myself as one who was somewhat familiar with the Fathers. An illusion. I have not even begun.
Quotation SourceTurning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4, 1960-1963.; Edited by Victor A. Kramer. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 229
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