The Political Writings of St. AugustineRegnery Gateway, 1962 - 358 páginas This collection, taken from the works of St. Augustine, has been arranged so as to give the reader an organized, comprehensive view of the great African saint's political ideas. These, no less than his ideas on sin, grace and predestination, have long been an object of study and controversy. |
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... Augustine's political theory as of his philosophy of history . Epitomizing his thought on politics and history in a brief paragraph of The City of God , St. Augustine begins by noting the obvious truth that , despite the bonds of a ...
... Augustine's political theory as of his philosophy of history . Epitomizing his thought on politics and history in a brief paragraph of The City of God , St. Augustine begins by noting the obvious truth that , despite the bonds of a ...
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... Augustine reports , pagans were de- manding of Christians : " Tell us the reason for Christ's coming ; tell us what benefit it has been to the human race . Have not matters been worse upon earth since Christ came , and was it not bet ...
... Augustine reports , pagans were de- manding of Christians : " Tell us the reason for Christ's coming ; tell us what benefit it has been to the human race . Have not matters been worse upon earth since Christ came , and was it not bet ...
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... Augustine uses . The persons thus chosen have to be saved . They are not good , and therefore saved . They are good because God has sent His irresistible saving grace . That , briefly , is the doctrine of predestination . And as a ...
... Augustine uses . The persons thus chosen have to be saved . They are not good , and therefore saved . They are good because God has sent His irresistible saving grace . That , briefly , is the doctrine of predestination . And as a ...
Contenido
THE RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS | 44 |
Pagan Rome | 57 |
SECURING THE PEACE OF BABYLON | 118 |
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The Political Writings of St. Augustine Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine,Dino Bigongiari Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
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