Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine 
The City of God, Volume II [EPUB ebook] 

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The City of God, Volume II Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine – ‘The glorious city of God is my theme in this work; which you; my dearest son Marcellinus; suggested; and which is due to you by my promise. I have undertaken its defence against those who prefer their own gods to the Founder of this city;a city surpassingly glorious; whether we view it as it still lives by faith in this fleeting course of time; and sojourns as a stranger in the midst of the ungodly; or as it shall dwell in the fixed stability of its eternal seat; which it now with patience waits for; expecting until ‘righteousness shall return unto judgment;’ and it obtain; by virtue of its excellence; final victory and perfect peace. A great work this; and an arduous; but God is my helper.’ -an excerpt

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Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, in English Augustine of Hippo, also known as St. Augustine, St. Austin, was bishop of Hippo Regius (present-day Annaba, Algeria). He was a Latin philosopher and theologian from the Africa Province of the Roman Empire and is generally considered as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of all times. His writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity. According to his contemporary Jerome, Augustine ‘established anew the ancient Faith.’ In his early years he was heavily influenced by Manichaeism and afterward by the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus. After his conversion to Christianity and his baptism in 387, Augustine developed his own approach to philosophy and theology, accommodating a variety of methods and different perspectives. He believed that the grace of Christ was indispensable to human freedom, and he framed the concepts of original sin and just war. When the Western Roman Empire was starting to disintegrate, Augustine developed the concept of the Catholic Church as a spiritual City of God (in a book of the same name), distinct from the material Earthly City. His thoughts profoundly influenced the medieval worldview. Augustine’s City of God was closely identified with the Church, the community that worshiped the Trinity. In the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, he is a saint and pre-eminent Doctor of the Church. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of the Protestant Reformation due to his teaching on salvation and divine grace. In the Eastern Orthodox Church he is also considered a saint. He carries the additional title of Blessed. Among the Orthodox, he is called ‘Blessed Augustine’ or ‘St. Augustine the Blessed’.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 666 ● ISBN 9783986771485 ● File size 1.1 MB ● Age 17-10 years ● Publisher Phoemixx Classics Ebooks ● City Vachendorf ● Country DE ● Published 2021 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8230449 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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