Editing Pythagoras (section)

=== In early Christianity ===
Many early Christians had a deep respect for Pythagoras.{{sfnp|Joost-Gaugier|2006|pages=57–65}} [[Eusebius]] ({{circa|260|340|lk=no}}&nbsp;AD), bishop of [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]], praises Pythagoras in his ''Against Hierokles'' for his rule of silence, his frugality, his "extraordinary" morality, and his wise teachings.{{sfnp|Joost-Gaugier|2006|page=57}} In another work, Eusebius compares Pythagoras to [[Moses]].{{sfnp|Joost-Gaugier|2006|page=57}} In one of his letters, the [[Church Fathers|Church Father]] [[Jerome]] ({{circa|347|420|lk=no}}&nbsp;AD) praises Pythagoras for his wisdom{{sfnp|Joost-Gaugier|2006|page=57}} and, in another letter, he credits Pythagoras for his belief in the immortality of the soul, which he suggests Christians inherited from him.{{sfnp|Joost-Gaugier|2006|pages=57–58}} [[Augustine of Hippo]] (354–430 AD) rejected Pythagoras's teaching of metempsychosis without explicitly naming him, but otherwise expressed admiration for him.{{sfnp|Joost-Gaugier|2006|pages=58–59}} In ''[[On the Trinity]]'', Augustine lauds the fact that Pythagoras was humble enough to call himself a ''philosophos'' or "lover of wisdom" rather than a "sage".{{sfnp|Joost-Gaugier|2006|page=59}} In another passage, Augustine defends Pythagoras's reputation, arguing that Pythagoras certainly never taught the doctrine of metempsychosis.{{sfnp|Joost-Gaugier|2006|page=59}}