| Author Quoted | Lactantius | 
		
			| Title Quoted | De Opifico Dei | 
		
			| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1962/07/03 | 
		
			| Imprint | [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 304 | 
		
			| Quotation | Discovery of Lactantius, particularly De Opificis Dei. Because I read and like St. Augustine and St. Gregory in the novitiate, I thought of myself as one who was somewhat familiar with the Fathers. An illusion. I have not even begun. | 
		
			| Quotation Source | Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4, 1960-1963.; Edited by Victor A. Kramer. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 229 | 
		
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