S. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi de Civitate Dei Libri XXII, Vol. 1: Continet Libb. I-XIII (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from S. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi De Civitate dei Libri XXII, Vol. 1: Continet Libb. I-XIII

Gloriosissimam civitatem Dei sive in hoc temporum cursu, cuin inter impios peregrinatur ex fide vivens sive in illa sta bilitate sedis aeternae, quam nunc exspectat per patientiam, quand usque iustitia convertatur i'n indicium, deinceps adeptu ta per excellentiam victoria ultima et pace perfecta, hoc opere a te institute et mea promissione debito defendere adver sus eos, qui Conditori eius deos suos praeferunt, fili caris sime Marcelline, suscepi. Magnum opus ct arduum: sed Deus adiutor noster est. Nam scio quibus Viribus opus sit, ut persuadeatur superbis quanta sit virtus humilitatis, qua fit ut omnia terrena fiacumina temporali mobilitate nutantia, non humano usurpata fasta, sed divina gratia donata celsi tudo transcendat. Rex enim et Conditor Civitatis huius, de qua loqui instituimus, in Scriptura popu�is suis scntentiam divinae legis aperuit, qua dictum est, Deus superbis resistit, humilz'bus autem dat gratiam. Hoc vero quod Dei est, su perbae quoque animac spiritus inflatus affectat, amatque sibi in laudibus dici, Parcerc subiectis, et d�bellare superbbs.

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