Over Augustine’s lifetime, Christianity went from being a persecuted sect to the official religion of the empire – but not ...

Augustine also wrote, The City of God, against the pagans who charged that the fall of the Roman empire, which was taking place at the hands of the Vandals. On August 28, 430, as Hippo was under ...

Though you won’t find “ordo amoris” in the catechism, Dominican Father Pius Pietrzyk told CNA that the concept is a well-established one.

Hawley’s interpretation of Augustine misunderstands Augustine’s distinction between the “city of man” and the “city of God.” The former is always rooted in and hindered by self-love ...