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Originally Posted by issybird
Perhaps a bit of St. Augustine's, "Lord, make me holy, but not yet," going on there.
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Originally Posted by issybird
Although I find no inherent inconsistency in his postponing holy orders for a stint as a musketeer in a time of religious wars.
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I guess I agree - the times were very different (or
were they?) but there does seem to be a fair bit of hypocrisy in his stance, as you point out when he finds his lady love is back on the scene. It does call in to question the strength of his beliefs.