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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... suppose that 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 ...
... suppose that enemies werein the habit ofsparing thedwellings of the gods. And the Roman templeswere in danger ofthese disasters, not from foreign foes, but from Catilineand his associates, themost noble senators and citizens of Rome.But ...
... suppose thatsuch were theonly rewards of His service;and suchaservice would make us not godly, butgreedy rather, and covetous. Wherefore, though goodandbad mensuffer alike, wemust notsuppose that thereisno difference between themen ...
... suppose that the Truth can bethus false. They who kill the body are said“to do something,” because the deathblow isfelt, the body still having sensation; butafter that,they have nomorethat they can do, forinthe slainbody there isno ...
... suppose that,if his body be seized andforcibly made use of to satisfy the lustof another,he thereby loses hispurity ... suppose, has (whether maliciously or accidentally, or through unskillfulness) destroyed thevirginity ofsome girl ...