Augustine on the Meaning of the Number 38
We’ve been discussing Lenten numerology (particularly the signification of penance by the number 40). A reader has recently brought my attention to how Saint Augustine treats the number 38.
Augustine’s sermon about the number 38 occurs today in the old Roman Breviary in the Matins of the Ember Friday of Lent: Matins of the Ember Friday of Lent.
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