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Rufinus of Aquileia

345 – 411

Fourth-century translator and historian who transmitted Eastern Christian theology to the Latin West, best known for his controversial translations of Origen and his continuation of Eusebius's church history.

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Scale of Perfection

1380 – 1396

Written in the late fourteenth century by the Augustinian canon Walter Hilton, The Scale of Perfection emerged from the flowering of English mystical writing that included Julian of Norwich and the author of The Cloud o…

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