Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume II St. Augustine: City of God, Christian DoctrinePhilip Schaff "The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD marked the beginning of a new era in Christianity. For the first time, doctrines were organized into a single creed. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers did most of their writing during and after this important event in Church history. Unlike the previous era of Christian writing, the Nicene and Post-Nicene era is dominated by a few very important and prolific writers. In Volume II of the 14-volume collected writings of the Nicenes and Post-Nicenes (first published between 1886 and 1889), readers will discover one of Augustines masterworks: City of God. In this groundbreaking work, Augustine proposes a philosophy that sees history as having a purpose and direction. Coming at a time when Roman civilization was failing, this work argued that Romans could find comfort in Christianity because all of history was merely a struggle between the City of God (believers) and the City of Man (nonbelievers). Should Romans put their faith in the City of God, even their declining civilization should cause them no grief. Even though it was written at a very particular time in history, City of God appeals to all Christians seeking inspiration to continue their religious practice." |
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Page vii
... less than eight independent translations of the Civitas Dei , the best by Emile Saisset , with introduction and notes , Paris , 1855 , 4 vols . gr . in 18. Moreau's translation includes the Latin original , Paris , 1846 and 1854 , in 3 ...
... less than eight independent translations of the Civitas Dei , the best by Emile Saisset , with introduction and notes , Paris , 1855 , 4 vols . gr . in 18. Moreau's translation includes the Latin original , Paris , 1846 and 1854 , in 3 ...
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... less disastrous , varying only in the scenes , occasions , and persons on whom they light , but , while admitting this , maintain that the worship of the gods is advantageous for the life to come . In these ten books , then , I refute ...
... less disastrous , varying only in the scenes , occasions , and persons on whom they light , but , while admitting this , maintain that the worship of the gods is advantageous for the life to come . In these ten books , then , I refute ...
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... less competent authority , declares that its effect can only have been very slight . Probably its effect would be silent and slow ; telling first upon cultivated minds , and only indirectly upon the people . Certainly its effect must ...
... less competent authority , declares that its effect can only have been very slight . Probably its effect would be silent and slow ; telling first upon cultivated minds , and only indirectly upon the people . Certainly its effect must ...
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... less , but , as we say , easily moved . 3 De Conj . Cat . c . 51 . this or that temple . And this certainly would by no means have been omitted , when neither his weeping nor his edict preservative of chastity could be passed in silence ...
... less , but , as we say , easily moved . 3 De Conj . Cat . c . 51 . this or that temple . And this certainly would by no means have been omitted , when neither his weeping nor his edict preservative of chastity could be passed in silence ...
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... less wives , the children with their parents , and account . But not to mention this , where can parents with their children , and servants we readily find a man who holds in fit and just with their masters , and masters with their ...
... less wives , the children with their parents , and account . But not to mention this , where can parents with their children , and servants we readily find a man who holds in fit and just with their masters , and masters with their ...
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