Of God and His Creatures

He means the Manicheans. There is a Manichean sentiment lurking in some souls, as though the intercourse of the sexes were a necessary evil, only permissible because inevitable, but a bad act in itself. They should take to heart St Augustine's saying: "He does not perfectly believe in Thee, O Lord, who objects to any creature that Thou hast made."


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