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Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia is unavailable, but you can change that!

The definitive reference work on Augustine that scholars, from all fields of theological study, describe as “superb” and “indispensable” for students, scholars, libraries, and anyone interested in studying Augustine. While the work provides exhaustive resources on Augustine’s own life and his theological and pastoral work, it also provides an exceptional wealth of information about scholarship,...

human situations, these principles must be diluted in order to become operative. What we end up with in such cases is a kind of lesser justice, better suited to the conditions of this life: justitia minor huic vitae competens (spir. et litt. 36.65; O’Donovan 1980, 141). For this reason, and contrary to the stand taken by the ancient and medieval promoters of what has been labeled “political Augustinianism” (Arquillière 1934), there is in Augustine’s view no
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