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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... never committed an actual transgression ; while Origen leads all fallen creatures , men and angels , by a slow and gradual process of amendment and correction , under the ever - widening influence of re- deeming mercy , during the lapse ...
... never committed an actual transgression ; while Origen leads all fallen creatures , men and angels , by a slow and gradual process of amendment and correction , under the ever - widening influence of re- deeming mercy , during the lapse ...
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... Never was thought so ab- stract expressed in language so popular . He handles metaphysical problems with the unembarrassed ease of * Abstracts of the work at greater or less length are given by Dupin , Bindemann , Böhringer , Poujoulat ...
... Never was thought so ab- stract expressed in language so popular . He handles metaphysical problems with the unembarrassed ease of * Abstracts of the work at greater or less length are given by Dupin , Bindemann , Böhringer , Poujoulat ...
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... never more at home than when exposing the incompetency of Neoplatonism , or demonstrating the harmony of Christian doctrine and true philosophy . And though there are in the City of God , as in all ancient books , things that seem to us ...
... never more at home than when exposing the incompetency of Neoplatonism , or demonstrating the harmony of Christian doctrine and true philosophy . And though there are in the City of God , as in all ancient books , things that seem to us ...
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... never really hap- pened ? But there is no question that he de- picted the usual custom of an enemy when sacking a city . whose chief praise it has been " to spare the vanquished and subdue the proud , " and that they preferred " rather ...
... never really hap- pened ? But there is no question that he de- picted the usual custom of an enemy when sacking a city . whose chief praise it has been " to spare the vanquished and subdue the proud , " and that they preferred " rather ...
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... NEVER FAILED THEM THEREIN . Nevertheless the bodies of the dead are not on this account to be despised and left un- buried ; least of all the bodies of the righteous and faithful , which have been used by the Holy Spirit as His organs ...
... NEVER FAILED THEM THEREIN . Nevertheless the bodies of the dead are not on this account to be despised and left un- buried ; least of all the bodies of the righteous and faithful , which have been used by the Holy Spirit as His organs ...
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