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St. Augustine (354-430)
The good Christian
should beware of
mathematicians, and
all those who make
empty prophecies.
The danger already
exists that the
mathematicians have
made a covenant with
the devil to darken
the spirit and to
confine man in the
bonds of Hell.
Citation:
De Genesi ad
Litteram, Book II,
xviii, 37 [Note:
mathematician =
astrologer]
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