nebridius

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• experiencesjoy

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  Nebridius is noted to be experiencing joy, contrasting with Verecundus's sorrow at the time.

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  He then had at that time sorrow, but Nebridius joy.

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• leftCarthage

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  Nebridius departed from his native country near Carthage, including the city itself, to pursue a different life.

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  Nebridius also, who having left his native country near Carthage, yea and Carthage itself

• came_toMilan

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  Nebridius traveled to Milan specifically to live with the narrator and join him in the pursuit of truth and wisdom.

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  had come to Milan, for no other reason but that with me he might live in

• was_a_searcher_afterTruth and Wisdom (concept)

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  Nebridius was deeply committed to finding truth and wisdom, aligning with the narrator's own intellectual pursuits.

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• teaches underVerecundus

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  Nebridius, out of friendship, agreed to take on a teaching role under Verecundus.

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  consented to teach under Verecundus

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• was_friend_ofNarrator

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  Nebridius was a very dear friend of the Narrator, described as a youth singularly good and of a holy fear.

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  nor my dearest Nebridius, a youth singularly good and of a holy fear

• deridedAstrology/Nativity-casting

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  Nebridius, a friend of the Narrator, openly mocked all forms of divination, including astrology.

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  who derided the whole body of divination

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• propounded_argument_againstManichees

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  Nebridius presented a significant argument against the Manichees in Carthage, questioning their concept of a 'nation of darkness' in opposition to God.

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• presentsArgument of Nebridius

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  Nebridius is the individual who put forth the philosophical argument discussed in the text.

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• referenced_byAugustine (Narrator)

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  did I speak thereof with Alypius and Nebridius

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• believedJesus Christ

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  Nebridius initially held the 'pernicious error' of believing the flesh of Jesus Christ to be a phantom.

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  flesh of Thy Son to be a phantom

• became a member ofChurch Catholic

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  After his conversion and baptism by God, Nebridius became a faithful member of the Church Catholic.

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  faithful member of the Church Catholic

• servedGod (The Divine Entity)

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  Nebridius served God in perfect chastity and continence amongst his people in Africa after his conversion.

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  serving Thee in perfect chastity and continence amongst his people in Africa

• enabled the conversion ofNebridius's house

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  Through Nebridius's conversion, his entire household was made Christian, indicating his influence and faith.

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  his whole house having through him first been made Christian

• lives inAbraham's bosom

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  After his death, Nebridius lives in Abraham's bosom, a symbolic place for the faithful departed.

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  now he lives in Abraham's bosom

• drinks fromGod (The Divine Entity)

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  Nebridius, now in the afterlife, drinks spiritual wisdom directly from God's fountain, satisfying his thirst endlessly.

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  spiritual mouth unto Thy fountain, and drinketh as much as he can receive

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• doubtedAstrology

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  Nebridius, with some doubtfulness, also suggested that astrology was not a true art for prediction.

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  Nebridius, a young man of admirable talents; the first vehemently affirming, and the latter often (though with some doubtfulness) saying, "That there was no such art whereby to foresee things to come

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