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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 Devil Sins from the Beginning

“The devil sinneth from the beginning” (1 John 3:8) does not mean he was created with a sinful nature, but that from the beginning of his sin he has persisted in sin. This refutes the Manichaean notion of an evil nature. The devil was created good; his wickedness is a defect of will, not a property of essence. Passages like Isaiah 14:12 and Ezekiel 28:13 confirm he was once perfect.

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