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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 Knowledge of the Holy Angels

Angels know creatures not primarily in themselves but in the Word of God, in the eternal art by which they were made. This is a “noonday” knowledge, clear and certain. They also have a “twilight” knowledge when they behold creatures in their own being, which is dimmer. Their primary joy is in beholding God.

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