My colleague in the history department who told me about this thought it could serve nicely as the introduction to a novel or movie. It is true, and so the author/filmmaker could rightly claim “This story is based on real events.” Every copy of St. Augustine’s Confessions (but not his other works) that was in our university library has been stolen! Who would do such a thing? How would you continue the story? An evil cult? But wouldn’t the Pelagians have left the Confessions and taken City of God instead? 🙂 Aliens, who have eliminated all copies of the Confessions worldwide as prelude to an invasion? Who could be behind this? What is the explanation? And, perhaps most importantly, what would Dan Brown write if he made use of this idea? 🙂
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