The City of God against the Pagans

Typology and the Holocaust: Erich Auerbach and Judeo-Christian Europe

“…Still, Augustine was of limited use to Auerbach. His view of history as an inconsequential interim between Christ's first and Second Coming, of earthly life as a sojourn, a pilgrimage, and an exile from the Lord, and of the Roman Empire as a pact of criminals ran contrary to Auerbach's earthly Christian world and to his experience of exile [80]. Augustine Figural interpretation establishes a connection between two events or persons, the first of which signifies not only itself but also the second, while the second encompasses and fulfills the first.…”

More Strength for Contemplation: Spiritual Play in the Amsterdam Holy Kinship

“…Augustine expressed contempt for public games and the theater His objections, noted, for example, in his Confessions and the City of God, are strongly Platonic in nature in that he sees games and the theater as deceitful and as threats to the mind and soul. 50 As such, they are deleterious to the commonwealth and disastrous for the faithful. Further, he sees Roman-style gladiatorial games and Greek-inspired tragedies and comedies as being particularly harmful because they do not elevate the mind but, instead, draw the soul to pagan ideas that put the spectator in the thrall of evil.…”

Spirituality and the Health-Care Professional

“…22 A city, then, can be recognized clearly in its character by its objects of love. The Latin for "love" in this context, diligere, can also mean to single out or prize.…”