Abstract
Hanc [pacem populus alienatus Deo] autem ut interim habeat in hac vita, etiam nostri interest; quoniam, quamdiu permixtae sunt ambae civitates, utimur et nos pace Babylonis; ex qua ita per fidem populus Dei liberatur, ut apud hanc interim peregrinetur. (It is also in our interest that [the people alienated from God] meanwhile possess this peace in this life; for so long as both cities are intermixed, we also make use of the peace of Babylon; from Babylon the people of God is so liberated through its faith that it may for a while sojourn in its midst.) Augustine, De civ. Dev. 19.26
Recommended Citation
White, Michael J.
(1994)
"Pluralism and Secularism in the Political Order: St. Augustine and Theoretical Liberalism,"
University of Dayton Review: Vol. 22:
No.
3, Article 16.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/udr/vol22/iss3/16
Comments
Issue contains the subject matter of the 1994 Philosophy Colloquium, which had the theme "Augustine on Human Goodness: Metaphysics, Ethics and Politics." It was held April 7-9, 1994.