Re: St Augustine on Mathematicians


"Lance" <LanceGary@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8b950cc9-5eef-46e7-af2f-f1cd42ee7ca2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophesies. The danger already exists that mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to
confine man in the bounds of Hell.

-At Augustine

Do you have any information on what the mathematicians of the time were doing to provoke this?

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