Roland Bainton: "The pioneer in monastic scholarship was Jerome (340-420), who began his career as a hermit in the Syrian desert but found that he could exorcise his sexual temptations only by occupying his mind with a tough intellectual discipline. He took up the study of Hebrew and found it so effective that he could even venture to return to the world." (cited in Church History in Plain Language, Bruce L. Shelley, p.102)
There you have it, studying the languages also helps you overcome sexual temptation!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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