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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

Fortinbras Armstrong

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3. Augustine of Hippo, in one of his sermons

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Mon Apr 15, 2013, 04:17 PM

Apr 2013

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Remarks that 153 is the sum of the first 17 integers. (He tells the congregation to work it out at home.)

I seem to recall that Raymond Brown, in his Anchor Bible translation of John, has a discussion of it. I will go to the library and see if I can find it.

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How did they know there were 153 fish? [View all] hedgehog Apr 2013 OP

My guess is that 153 is symbolic meow2u3 Apr 2013 #1

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That's what the priest at chruch said yesterday. 47of74 Apr 2013 #5

Augustine of Hippo, in one of his sermons Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2013 #3

Maybe they counted them. rug Apr 2013 #4

It wouldn't be hard for Jesus to have counted the fish meow2u3 Apr 2013 #6

I head there would have been 153 nations/kingdoms/etc known at the time goldent Apr 2013 #7