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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... emperors . Why so ? Because God has distrib- uted to mankind these very human rights through the emperors and kings of this world . Do you wish us to read the laws of the emperors , and to act by the estates according to these laws ? If ...
... emperors . Why so ? Because God has distrib- uted to mankind these very human rights through the emperors and kings of this world . Do you wish us to read the laws of the emperors , and to act by the estates according to these laws ? If ...
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... emperors to be called the friends of the Church's interests , and the guardians of her peace and unity . But when such things are decreed by emperors against the parties who , having of their own ac- cord brought forward accusations ...
... emperors to be called the friends of the Church's interests , and the guardians of her peace and unity . But when such things are decreed by emperors against the parties who , having of their own ac- cord brought forward accusations ...
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... emperor , indeed , but not a Christian . And by this he showed sufficiently plainly what was afterwards to be the duty of the ministers of Christ , when in the midst of the dangers of the Church they found the emperors Christians . And ...
... emperor , indeed , but not a Christian . And by this he showed sufficiently plainly what was afterwards to be the duty of the ministers of Christ , when in the midst of the dangers of the Church they found the emperors Christians . And ...
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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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