Hexameron, Paradise, and Cain and Abel

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THE F_ATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION VOLUME 42 THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION EDITORIAL BOARD HERMIGILD DRESSLER, O.F.M. ROBERT P. RUSSELL,O.S.A. Villanova University WILLIAM R. TONGUE Quincy College Editorial Director THOMAS P. HALTON The Catholic University ofAmerica The Catholic University ofAmerica SISTER M. JOSEPHINE BRENNAN, I.H.M. Marywood College FORMER EDITORIAL DIRECTORS LUDWIG SCHOPP, ROY J. DEFERRARI, BERNARD M. PEEBLES SAINT AMBROSE HEXAMERON, PARADISE, AND CAIN AND ABEL Translated by JOHN J. SAVAGE The Catholic University of America Press Washington, D. C. NIHIL OBSTAT: IMPRIMATUR: June 17, 1961 JOHN A. GOODWINE Censor Librorum + FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN Archbishop ofNew York The nihilobstat and imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free ofdoctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the nihil obstat and imprimatur agree with the content, opinions, or statements expressed. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 77-081354 ISBN 8132-0042-3 copyright © 1961 by THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSI1Y OF AMERICA PRESS All rights reserved Reprinted 1977 Reprinted 1985 First paperback reprint 2003 ...