Book 8:12
The 'tolle lege' moment; Augustine reads Romans 13:13-14 and feels light flood his heart, ending his resistance to chastity and Christian commitment.
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The pivotal conversion scene in the Milan garden where Augustine, in spiritual agony, hears a child's voice say 'tolle lege' (take up and read) and opens Paul's epistles to a passage that resolves his struggle.
Book 8:7
Augustine's self-confrontation: 'I was held back by mere trifles... they plucked at my garment of flesh and whispered, Are you going to dismiss us?'
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