Augustine's Beliefs In The City Of Gods By Augustine

Romans had extreme expectations for themselves and for their territory, to the point they no longer referred to their kingdom as The Roman Empire but instead The Eternal City. Nobody believed the city would’ve collapsed they believed the city will stay standing endlessly. The falling of the Roman Empire left the citizens of Rome baffled. They lost faith in everything; the Romans believed that the Christians caused the Roman Empire to fall because they’ve brought different beliefs into their territory. Assumptions caused division between the Christians and the citizens of roman who were against them. In this essay I will briefly discuss excerpts from The City of Gods by Augustine with focus on book xix. My topic of discussion will explain Augustine’s news on how one should live and to what extent of one’s capability should one live this way by clarifying virtue, sin
They believed that war makes peace but in reality it cause more problems. Although virtue is one essential to life, you must also look at peace. Augustine believes that peace’s is something that you should desire and there is an order you must follow in order to find peace. Nothing can compete with how good peace could be in your life being that is part of human nature between body, soul and God. You can find peace in mortal life and in earthly life. This shows how powerful peace can be. The theory behind peace is the conformity towards God and oneself and then it lead you to have peace towards others, were people tend to lack very much in. Augustine wanted the to have belief in changing, because you need too grow in order to over come different obstacles that come your way. Peace is a great way to keep you away from the sins. The reason being that peace helps you with your sins is because you realizing what to do with your self. Now you will be well aware of your human nature. You need to love yourself