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Newly Found Augustine Sermons Explore Saul’s Necromancy

August 19, 2026 · 1 min read

King Saul famously courts a medium in 1 Samuel 28, summoning the ghostly figure of the departed Samuel in a moment of distress and disconnection with God. This summer, German researchers summoned new insight on this mysterious passage after uncovering medieval sermon notes from Augustine of Hippo, one of the defining voices of the early Read more...

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