The City of GodAeterna Press, 1950 - Всего страниц: 117 The glorious city of God is my theme in this work, which you, my dearest son Marcellinus, suggested, and which is due to you by my promise. I have undertaken its defence against those who prefer their own gods to the Founder of this city,—a city surpassingly glorious, whether we view it as it still lives by faith in this fleeting course of time, and sojourns as a stranger in the midst of the ungodly, or as it shall dwell in the fixed stability of its eternal seat, which it now with patience waits for, expecting until “righteousness shall return unto judgment,” and it obtain, by virtue of its excellence, final victory and perfect peace. A great work this, and an arduous; but God is my helper. Aeterna Press |
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... Rome and sinceits rise and the extension of its dominion; let these be read, and letone instance be citedin which, when a city had been taken by foreigners, the victors spared those who were found to have fled for sanctuary to the ...
... Rome to these conquered gods? But it willbe said,this was onlythe sayingof Juno,who,like an angry woman, did not know what she was saying. What, then, says AEneas himself,—AEneas who is so often designated “pious?” Does henotsay, “Lo ...
... Rome had been wisely entrusted tothese guardians,and couldnot have been taken unlessithad lost them! Indeed, to worship conquered godsasprotectors and champions, what is thisbut to worship, not good divinities, but evil omens? Would ...
... Catilineand his associates, themost noble senators and citizens of Rome.But these,it may be said,were abandoned men, and the parricidesof their fatherland. Chapter 6 That NotEven theRomans, When They Took Cities, Spared.
... Rome Werein Accordance withtheCustom ofWar, Whereas the Acts of Clemency Resulted from the Influence of Christ's Name All the spoiling, then,which Rome was exposed tointherecent calamity —allthe slaughter, plundering, burning, and ...