To those like me who didn’t know, who would have thought that St. Augustine was a brown (or maybe even black) North African Roman, bishop of a conquered province.
Romans seemed to be a very clever, practical and versatile thinking conquering race. They would use any opportunity to further their cause including making citizens of disparate peoples who served them well. Many credible modern historians (Bart Ehrmann, Richard Carrier, Robert Price et al) contend it was Constantine and succeeding Roman Emperors who took the myth of Jesus of Nazareth (he was not from Nazareth) and ran with it to consolidate the influence and power of the empire by using it as a unifying factor to further Roman interests. Roland. Toronto. > On Aug 12, 2019, at 8:38 AM, Adolfo Mascarenhas <adca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Your message 3 on Sunday 11 August 2019 > > > As an Africander I have pro sentiments but we must get our facts straight > ….Even those nourished by the crystal clear waters of Kilimanjaro are human > and make errors. I refer to your statement *that the Tower of St. > Augustine? Such gesture would be the first time that a brown saint > comes to the aid of white saints.* > > I would like to re mind Goans of good spirit who consume Feni that St. > Augustine, that great thinker was an African, so was his mother St Monica*. > * > > That crumbling edifice St Augustine was not built by the Portuguese whites > alone ….do they build with basaltic blocks in Europe ….Local labour and > masons were used in hundreds. > > For me St Augustine’s was a source of inspiration from the age of 11 when > I was nearly shot by an African soldier in the service of the the > Portugese. The timely intervention of my father and the Portuguese white > officer who was less trigger prone saved me from being a casualty. > > I am definitely Pro St Vaz, Pro Basilica......there are great sentiments > scattered throughout your intervention > > > Adolfo in > > Dar es Salaam
