The early Christian church’s practice of celibacy has drawn the sustained attention of scholars since the late twentieth century. ...

We have come to the end of a long journey. As we continue to live with the fallout of one of the most contentious elections in living...

If there is one moral topic applicable to modern politics, it is that of “lying”. Most Americans assume our politicians are liars while...

In our contemporary discourse, the subject of gender looms large, especially in discussing gender inequality, abuse, and sexuality....

In our last post, we considered Augustine’s varied response to imperial persecution of a heretical sect known as the Donatists [1]. In...

In today’s post, we arrive at an intriguing, puzzling, and frustrating element of Augustine’s thought, the subject of using persecution...

No discussion about politics is complete without discussing the topic of war and Augustine is no exception. His political thought is most...

We are now turning our attention to Augustine’s thoughts on various ethical matters related to our political life together. We will begin...

In today’s post, we will consider an important question: Is Christianity compatible with politics? We have not asked this question...

Last time, we looked at the bad news of the Last Judgment, but today, we arrive at the good news. We have said throughout this study that...

Having turned to the subject of the last judgment [1], Augustine turns to the most controversial element of God’s judgment, the judgment...

Discussions of Revelation and the “end times” play a vital role in Christian political debates. Eschatology, the theological name for the...

Book XIX of The City of God is the heart of Augustine’s political theology and the work’s argument. It is a wide-ranging, masterful, and...

Last week, we concluded a brief mini-series on how to understand the nation of Israel in the Old Testament in light of the two cities as...

Last week, we saw how the promises to Israel in the Old Testament apply to the Kingdom of Christ and cannot apply to any other earthly...

So how should we read the Old Testament passages addressed to the nation of Israel? We need to see that they are specifically addressed to I

Augustine now turns his attention to tracing the progress of the two cities, focusing on the biblical text. Book XV of The City of God...

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The City of God’s twelfth book continues Augustine’s discussion of angels and demons and asks simply, “How did the demons become evil?”...