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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... being punished ineverlasting darkness, they perversely opposethat nameunder which theyfraudulently protected themselves for the sakeof enjoyingthe light of thisbrief life. Chapter 2 ThatIt isQuite Contrary totheUsage of War, thatthe ...
Saint Augustine of Hippo, Aeterna Press. Chapter 2 ThatIt isQuite Contrary totheUsage of War, thatthe Victors Should Spare the Vanquished for the Sake of Their Gods There are histories of numberless wars, bothbefore the building of Rome ...
... thatit may cherish them, as theseverity of God arrests the wicked to punish them.To the divine providence it has seemed good to prepare in the world to come for the righteous good things, which the unrighteous shall not enjoy; and for ...
... thatit could plausibly bemaintained that what he did was and is a good thingto do. But of this action of his,what can Isay but that his own friends, enlightenedmen as he,prudently dissuaded him, and therefore judged hisact to be that of ...
... that it is as I have supposed it might be, do not marvel that you have lost that by whichyou can win men's praise, and retain that which cannot be exhibited to men. If youdid notconsent to sin,it was because God added Hisaid to His ...