Icitabo cimo (Catholic Encyclopedia) catila uwasoma ifya mapepo uwa mu Katolika, Augustine uwa ku Hippo (uwali pano calo ukutula mu 354 ukufika mu 430 C.E.), “asumine ukuti takwakabe ukuteka kwa myaka 1,000.”a

⁶ Augustine aishileba “Umwina Kristu” ilyo ali ne myaka 33. Nomba ilyo ashilaba “Umwina Kristu,” alekonka ifyalesambilisha Plotinus, uwaliko mu myaka ya ba 200 C.E., uwalekonka ifisambilisho fya kwa Plato. Nangu cingati Augustine alisangwike Umwina Kristu, talekele ukukonka ifyalesambilisha Plato. Icitabo cimo (New Encyclopædia Britannica) catila: “E walengele sana ukuti amasambilisho yaba mu Cipingo Cipya yekatane sana ne fisambilisho fya kwa Plato ifya mano ya baGriki.” Icitabo cimbi (Catholic Encyclopedia) catila Augustine alondolwele ukuteka kwa myaka 1,000 ukwalandwapo mu Ukusokolola icipandwa 20 ukuti kwali fye “milandile ya mampalanya.” Ici citabo calanda no kuti: “Ubu bulondoloshi . . . e bo abasoma ifya mapepo aba ku Bulaya batendeke ukukonka, kabili ifi fine e fyo batampile no kukaana ukuti takwakabe ukuteka kwa myaka 1,000.”