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St. Augustine
On Christian Doctrine
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BOOK IV.
chap. 2. It is lawful for a Christian teacher to use the art of rhetoric
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chap
.
2
.
It
is
lawful
for
a
Christian
teacher
to
use
the
art
of
rhetoric
Now
,
the
art
of
rhetoric
being
available
for
the
enforcing
either
of
truth
or
falsehood
,
who
will
dare
to
say
that
truth
in
the
person
of
its
defenders
is
to
take
its
stand
unarmed
against
falsehood
?
For
example
,
that
those
who
are
trying
to
persuade
men
of
what
is
false
are
to
know
how
to
introduce
their
subject
,
so
as
to
put
the
hearer
into
a
friendly
,
or
attentive
,
or
teachable
frame
of
mind
,
while
the
defenders
of
the
truth
shall
be
ignorant
of
that
art
?
That
the
former
are
to
tell
their
falsehoods
briefly
,
clearly
,
and
plausibly
,
while
the
latter
shall
tell
the
truth
in
such
a
way
that
it
is
tedious
to
listen
to
,
hard
to
understand
,
and
,
in
fine
,
not
easy
to
believe
it
?
That
the
former
are
to
oppose
the
truth
and
defend
falsehood
with
sophistical
arguments
,
while
the
latter
shall
be
unable
either
to
defend
what
is
true
,
or
to
refute
what
is
false
?
That
the
former
,
while
imbuing
the
minds
of
their
hearers
with
erroneous
opinions
,
are
by
their
power
of
speech
to
awe
,
to
melt
,
to
enliven
,
and
to
rouse
them
,
while
the
latter
shall
in
defense
of
the
truth
be
sluggish
,
and
frigid
,
and
somnolent
?
Who
is
such
a
fool
as
to
think
this
wisdom
?
Since
,
then
,
the
faculty
of
eloquence
is
available
for
both
sides
,
and
is
of
very
great
service
in
the
enforcing
either
of
wrong
or
right
,
why
do
not
good
men
study
to
engage
it
on
the
side
of
truth
,
when
bad
men
use
it
to
obtain
the
triumph
of
wicked
and
worthless
causes
,
and
to
further
injustice
and
error
?
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