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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 Threefold Division of Philosophy

Philosophers arrived at a threefold division of knowledge: natural, rational, and moral. This division mirrors the three aspects of reality that point back to God as Author of nature, Giver of intelligence, and Source of love. All human philosophy concerns itself with these three questions: the cause of things, the method of knowing, and the end of living.

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