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The City of God, Volume I

值得重读的经典文学片段。

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint 2014 1800 min
第一卷

“You have formed us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in You.”

这是一句关于人类对上帝渴望的基础性陈述,概括了奥古斯丁的神学人类学。
第五卷

“What is called fortune is nothing else than what happens in the order of events according to God's will.”

奥古斯丁否定异教的算命行为,主张上帝对所有事件拥有主权的护理。
第十四卷

“The heavenly city, then, while it sojourns in this world, calls citizens out of all nations and gathers together a society of pilgrims whose language is charity.”

上帝之城的定义不在于地理位置,而在于对上帝的爱,这种爱延伸至全人类。