Dear fellow list-members, I'm wondering if anyone can point me to a comment I remember reading, in which the use of secular or pagan learning in Christian study is compared to the spoils taken by the Israelites from the Egyptians. I think this is from Gregory the Great, but am not sure where, or whether the analogy is found earlier. Can anyone help? Hannah Williams Monash University Victoria, 3800 Australia %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%