Paulus Orosius (375-418) was a disciple of Augustine. He was from Hispania or what is now modern Portugal. He had been with Augustine, helped collaborate on the City of God, and returned home. By now, his home and most of Western Europe were invaded by Germanic tribes better known as "Barbarians." This is what he wrote:
"If the only reason why the barbarians have been sent within the confines of the Roman borders was that throughout the East and West the church of Christ will be full of Huns and Suevi, of Vandals, and Burgundians, of diverse and innumerable peoples, then the mercy of God is to be praised and exalted, because so many people have attained a knowledge of truth that they would never have had without these events, even though it may be through our own loss." (History against the Pagans 7:41)
I will leave you to make your own application.
Source: A Brief History of Sunday, Justo L. Gonzalez, Eerdmans, 2017, pg. 67 (italics mine).
"If the only reason why the barbarians have been sent within the confines of the Roman borders was that throughout the East and West the church of Christ will be full of Huns and Suevi, of Vandals, and Burgundians, of diverse and innumerable peoples, then the mercy of God is to be praised and exalted, because so many people have attained a knowledge of truth that they would never have had without these events, even though it may be through our own loss." (History against the Pagans 7:41)
I will leave you to make your own application.
Source: A Brief History of Sunday, Justo L. Gonzalez, Eerdmans, 2017, pg. 67 (italics mine).
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