Journeying With The Saints

St. Augustine's "Confessions:" Book Twelve, Chapter Twenty-One

Journeying With The Saints

Show Notes

Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome. Today, again, we are getting a nuanced list of explanations for what some purposed was meant by "the earth was invisible and without form and darkness reigned over the deep." So, again, if you don't get all the differences. It's okay. We are reading from Book Twelve, Chapter Twenty-One on page 297.

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