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The City of God, Volume I

When Rome burned, Augustine answered pagan accusations with a sweeping theology of two cities—divine and earthly—that reframed the meaning of history itself, locating the true City of God not in empire but in the fellowship of souls oriented toward eternal beatitude.

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint · 2014 · 192 min
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The Authority of Canonical Scripture

For truths remote from our senses—especially concerning the origin of the world and the nature of God—we require testimony. Augustine affirms the paramount authority of the canonical Scriptures, composed by the Divine Spirit. Just as we trust eyewitnesses for distant places or past events, we must trust the prophets and apostles who were inspired to record divine revelation. Their authority derives not from human wisdom but from divine origin.

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