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Letter CXXIII.
(a.d. 410.)
[From Jerome to
Augustin.]
There are many who go halting upon both feet, and
refuse to bend their heads even when their necks are broken,
persisting in adherence to their former errors, even though they
have not their former liberty of proclaiming them.
Respectful salutations are sent to you by the
holy brethren who are with your humble servant, and especially by
your pious and venerable daughters.2411
| 2411 Paula, Eustochium, and other recluses of
Bethlehem. | I beg your Excellency to salute in
my name your brethren my lord Alypius and my lord Evodius.
Jerusalem is held captive by Nebuchadnezzar, and refuses to listen
to the counsels of Jeremiah, preferring to look wistfully towards
Egypt, that it may die in Tahpanhes, and perish there in eternal
bondage.2412
| 2412 Two opinions have been advanced as to the
signification of this enigmatical allusion to the events recorded
in Jeremiah, chap. xliii. Some think that Jerome refers
to Rome, then occupied by the Goths. Others find here a reference
to the state of the Church at Jerusalem at the time; perhaps under
the name of Nebuchadnezzar some heretical bishop is designed. |
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