To: Knitting A Conundrum
Augustine was living in the twilight of the Roman Empire.
The City Of God was written to explain why the Sack Of Rome didn't mean the end of the world and how the faithful could prepare for life in a world in which all they knew was soon to vanish forever. Augustine's views still have relevance since today the West's secularized societies themselves are likely to disappear within a generation.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".) 12 posted on
04/22/2005 8:16:08 AM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
My two favorite time periods to study: the fifth century and the the 12th.
Maybe why I like both Augustine and Aquinas?
13 posted on
04/22/2005 8:20:32 AM PDT by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: goldstategop
the West's secularized societies themselves are likely to disappear within a generation. The schedule is not so certain, but the trend of societal evolution has historically been for the secular society to peak and decline and be replaced by something faith based. Will it happen again?
22 posted on
04/22/2005 12:05:48 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(50 trillion sovereign cells working together in relative harmony)
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