Augustine's critique of those who blamed Rome's fall on the adoption of Christianity, his justification for using force against the Donatists, and his acceptance of war, which he seeks to limit though principles now accepted as seminal to the development of modern just war theory in the west...
The Pelagians denied original sin and the fall of humanity. The implication of this aroused Augustine, who held that humanity was corrupt and helpless. From his writings the great controversies on grace proceed, and as professed followers of Augustine, John Calvin and the Jansenists developed ...
Lovely Valentine Events at The Odd Macabre The Feast of Saint Valentine has been observed since 496, when Saint Valentine, who ministered to persecuted Christians, was martyred and buried on February 14 in Rome. From theHigh Middle Ageshis Saints’ Day has been associated with a tradition...
the proud how great is the virtue of humility, which raises us, not by a quite human arrogance, but by a divine grace, above all earthly dignities that totter on this shifting scene.For the King and Founder of this city of which we speak, has in Scripture uttered to His people a ...
it provided a means to change the world. These books consisted of material on every scientific discipline every found. The way that they found this undiscovered treasure was by taking over the city of Toledo. Only through its destruction and fall could it enhance the way Europeans viewed the ...
the proud how great is the virtue of humility, which raises us, not by a quite human arrogance, but by a divine grace, above all earthly dignities that totter on this shifting scene.For the King and Founder of this city of which we speak, has in Scripture uttered to His people a ...
On the other hand, Virgil notes that Dido’s love for Aeneas has caused her to suffer. Dido’s emotions have caused her to act like a wounded animal, not thinking about the consequences of her own actions. By being reduced to an animal, Dido has lost all rational thought. Consequently,...
4 May – St. Monica: Intercessor for children who who have fallen away from the Faith Posted on4 May 2022byFr. John Zuhlsdorf In the older, traditional Roman calendar today is the feast of the mother of St. Augustine, St. Monnica, widow. She died in Ostia (Rome’s port) in 387, ...
"Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the lover of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self." St. Augustine, DE CIVITATE DEI, Book XIV, Chapter 28
St Augustine was a man wrote a theodicy about the problem of evil and suffering based on the Creation and Fall of Genesis in the bible, he believed that evil was caused by something that was outside the omnipotence ofGod. God himself is all powerful but after creating the world, he Himse...