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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

The Love of Existence and Knowledge

All beings naturally love their own existence. This is evident even in irrational animals and plants. Man uniquely loves knowledge and truth, preferring sane grief to deluded joy. This love of truth indicates a higher vocation, pointing beyond the material to the spiritual.

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