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acceptable as a means of procreation. His teachings on this<br />

subject were largely dismissed within the Christian Church,<br />

although clearly the suggestion has never been completely dispelled<br />

and has reared its ugly head in later movements such as<br />

Puritanism. During the Middle Ages a number of Christian<br />

orders embraced the Augustinian‘rule’ which was founded on<br />

the basis of his teachings.These include the Austin Canons and<br />

the Dominicans amongst others. America’s oldest city, St<br />

Augustine, is named after the saint because Spanish explorers<br />

landed at that point in Florida on his feast day of 28 August in<br />

the year 1565.<br />

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