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published on March 1, 2022
Carl L. Beckwith
https://doi.org/10.5840/augstudies202222871
Augustine¡¯s Use of Ps.-Athanasius on John 5:19 and the Chronology of De Consensu Euangelistarum
Augustine uses an unusual scriptural variant for the ending of John 5:19 twelve times. Ten occur in several Trinitarian writings produced around 418¨C420 CE. There is sufficient evidence to argue that Augustine¡¯s use of Jerome¡¯s translation of Didymus the Blind¡¯s De spiritu sancto accounts for the presence of the variant in these writings. Augustine¡¯s two earlier uses are more difficult to explain. The variant appears once in a sermon delivered at the end of 411 CE and once in De consensu euangelistarum, Book One, which is generally dated to 403¨C404 CE. The following article argues that Augustine¡¯s use of ps.-Athanasius¡¯s De trinitate, Book XI likely accounts for these two early uses.