莫尼卡不在圣经中 — 且她最具体的祈祷被拒绝了

  • 莫妮卡这个名字并未出现在圣经中,其起源尚不明确——可能是北非语,或许是柏柏尔语,后世也有人猜测源自拉丁语。 monere 和希腊语 monos.
  • 关于希波的莫妮卡,几乎所有的记载都来自她儿子的 忏悔录, ,书中对她的描述坦诚而真实,而非一味地美化。
  • 她为奥古斯丁祈祷了大约十七年,在这期间大部分时间里,情况没有任何好转,她也无法预知未来是否会有转机。
  • 她最具体的祈求反而遭到了拒绝:她曾祈求他不要去罗马,但正是去罗马的经历让他来到了米兰,遇见了安布罗斯。奥古斯丁认为,这种拒绝正是实现她更大愿望的方式。
  • 圣经的模式并非通过坚持不懈来换取“是”的回答。汉娜在祈祷时曾被指责为醉酒,保罗曾三次祈求,却得到了否定的回答。

Monica is not in the Bible. Its origin is genuinely uncertain, and the woman who made it famous spent about seventeen years praying for a son who wanted her to stop. What the name means The honest answer is that nobody knows. Monica was a North African name, possibly Berber in origin, and it has also been connected to the Latin monere, to advise or warn, and to the Greek monos, alone. These are guesses made after the fact, working…

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