Monday, July 23, 2007

"[The earth] eats the Fish raised from the deep at that table which you have 'prepared in the sight' of believers." --Augustine's Confessions, XIII.xxi (29)

"But you, Lord are always working and always at rest." XIII. xxxviii (52)

The first quotation is just for kicks, but the second interests me in regard to a long-standing question I have about the nature our activity in heaven. I typically argue that we'll have some sort of work without labor and sweat and futility; perhaps this is just wishful thinking. I am excited to see a bit of support for that in Augustine. I also appeal to old old paintings of people in heaven doing something like reading.

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