Sack of Rome by Alaric

Pagans blamed Christianity for the city's fall. Augustine's reply, the City of God, recast history itself: two cities, two loves, only one eternal.

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Augustine of Hippo

A reading pick tied to today's figure, quote, era, or event. The most approachable major Latin Father: autobiography, prayer, memory, sin, grace, and desire.

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