Category Archives: de civitas dei

h, there is so much here. The more I read this short bit from St. Augustine, the more I saw; about earthly happiness, the nature of the kingdom of God, the relationship between the Old and New Testaments, and on … Continue reading →

otice the set-up. I’ll contextualize it a bit for modern times: “In the absence of justice, what is government?” I’m not saying we are there (yet), and I’m not saying we are not. Justice being taken away, then, what are … Continue reading →

For to the just all the evils imposed on them by unjust rulers are not the punishment of crime, but the test of virtue. Therefore the good man, although he is a slave, is free; but the bad man, even … Continue reading →

aint Augustine, like all good teachers likes to ramble, just a bit. It will be a dozen or more “books” into The City of God before Augustine gets to the real meat of his subject, but the journey to the … Continue reading →

verything I have been reading or listening to this past winter seems to have references to Saint Augustine’s The City of God. It is something I have wanted to read for some time, so I have decided to read it … Continue reading →