October 18, 2023
Monica in Book 9 of Augustine’s Confessions: The Necessity and Powerlessness of Teachers (and Mothers!) (Conf. Book 9)
Mater defuncta est—“My mother died” (Conf. 9.8.17). The abrupt statement begins Augustine’s rich retrospective on his mother’s earlier years. Monica, God’s “little slave girl” (Conf. 9.8.18),…