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“The Kings of the Earth and All Their Subjects”

Several months ago I posted a series of selections from commentaries on Psalm 148:11-12. Augustine alludes to this passage in City of God 2.19 to note that he believes it would be salutary for men of all kinds and conditions–indeed, for all men–to hear and heed the Christian proclamation. And not just salutary for their everlasting […]

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The Pious Prince in Augustinian Perspective

Herewith another passage from City of God Book 5 that is relevant to a post from a couple of weeks ago,  and that probably, therefore, should have been included in that post–so take this as a supplement to that. In this passage, we get a nice summary of his views on virtue, religion, time, and eternity […]

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Whose Augustine? Which Augustinianism?

In the comments to a recent post about arguments from silence, some important issues were raised, and I’d like to deal with some of them because they deserve consideration. “Augustinianism” and the City of God The first has to do with the legacy of “Augustinianism” in relation to disestablishmentarianism and the like. There is a […]