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74 ST. AUGUSTINE ing sense impressions-a hidden order, to be sure, but nonetheless , a true and determinate order submitted to Divine Providence. Therefore one should not think, because there are differing choices, that the natures of souls are different, since even the choice of one soul varies with the changing of time. Indeed, at one time the soul longs to be rich; at another time, contemptuous of riches, it desires to be wise. Even in the desire for temporal things, at one time the business world pleases a given man, at another time a military career pleases him. 41. SINCE GOD HAS MADE EVERYTHING, WHY DID HE NOT MAKE EVERYTHING EQUAL? Because there would not be everything if everything were equal. For there would not be the many kinds of things which make up the universe in its hierarchy of Ereated things from the first and second levels of created things right down to the last. This kind of universe is what is meant by the word everything. 42. HOW WAS CHRIST BOTH IN HIS MOTHER'S WOMB AND IN HEA VEN? In the same manner as a man's spoken word which, even though many hear, each hears as a whole. 43. WHY DID THE SON OF GOD APPEAR AS A MAN AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A DOVE?! Because the Son of God came to show men a pattern for living, whereas the Holy Spirit made his appearance to indicate the gift which virtuous living attains. Moreover, both of these events came about in a visible manner for the sake of 1 Cf. Mt 3.16, Mk 1.10, Lk 3.22, andJn 1.32. ...

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