The Calling. Augustine: Moreover, this calling, which
works through the opportune circumstances of history, whether this calling is
in individuals or in peoples or in humankind itself, comes from a decree both
lofty and profound. To this relates the following passage: “In the womb have I
sanctified you.” On Eighty-Three Varied Questions 68.6. (Jeremiah,
Lamentation, ed. Dean O. Wenthe
[Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture; Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity
Press, 2009], 2)
