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Augustine’s Lost Sermons on Saul and the Witch | Salt Lake City News
Scholars in Germany just uncovered two lost sermons by Augustine of Hippo from the 4th century—big deal! They tackle the wild biblical tale of King Saul consulting a witch at Endor, when God’s silence leaves him desperate. Augustine doesn’t just explain it—he invites his listeners to wrestle with the mystery first, then reveals his deep theological take. What’s even cooler? He questions how a necromancer could summon Samuel, and what that says about divine power. These sermons, hidden in a 12th-century German manuscript, aren’t just new texts—they’re a window into how early Christian thinkers…
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