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Eight works countering the Manichean religion, three of which have never been translated into English. Augustine’s writings on this subject provide a major source of information on and a fascinating look within a system of thought that during much of the third and fourth centuries challenged orthodox Christianity for dominance in the Roman Empire and beyond. Augustine addresses not only the...

prepared for the devil and his angels (Mt 25:41), if he spares everyone and condemns no one. Hence, we must understand that it was correct to say that God punished children who hated him for the sins of their parents. For from the addition, who hated me,23 it is understood that he punishes for the sins of their parents those who have chosen to continue in the same wickedness. Such people, after all, are punished not because of God’s cruelty but because of his justice and their sinfulness, as the
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