Augustine comes through in the language Guibert used (more prostrate, less direct) as well as the very energy of the work. St. Augustine’s writing carried a tone of hope; he understood that his faith would carry him through and that repenting through writing was part of his faith. Guibert, however, seemed less certain hope or faith. A degree of this was a sign of the times as St. Augustine wrote over 700 years prior to Guibert. Christianity was younger, almost more mystical. As Guibert wrote at the beginning of the twelfth century, the height of the Dark Ages, the Christian church had taken on a life of its own. Papal authority affected everything and everyone throughout Western civilization and those without faith were
Augustine comes through in the language Guibert used (more prostrate, less direct) as well as the very energy of the work. St. Augustine’s writing carried a tone of hope; he understood that his faith would carry him through and that repenting through writing was part of his faith. Guibert, however, seemed less certain hope or faith. A degree of this was a sign of the times as St. Augustine wrote over 700 years prior to Guibert. Christianity was younger, almost more mystical. As Guibert wrote at the beginning of the twelfth century, the height of the Dark Ages, the Christian church had taken on a life of its own. Papal authority affected everything and everyone throughout Western civilization and those without faith were