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Angelology and the Angelic Fall

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 Simple and Unchangeable Trinity

This discussion of creation leads to a consideration of the Creator’s nature. Augustine expounds the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, simple and unchangeable. In God, substance and quality are identical; He is what He has. Unlike composite beings, God’s attributes are not distinct from His essence. The Father begets the Word (Wisdom), co-eternal and consubstantial with Him. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of both, equally divine. The Trinity is one in substance, three in persons—distinguished by relational properties, not by essence.

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