salvation) that there is not one thing called philosophy, that is devotion to wisdom, and another called religion.”45 The same idea is voiced again in other words: “Repudiate all those who neither philosophize about sacred matters nor attach sacred rites to philosophy.”46 In keeping with this criterion Augustine could describe Christianity as a successful synthesis of philosophy and religion, of doctrine and worship. At the same time, he could assert the superiority of Christianity over all other
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