Brief Notes on City of God - Book II

(Originally Written June 5, 2008 in the Journal)

Notes on City of God - By Augustine

Book II

If one were to attempt to refute all criticisms of Christianity one would water their time for those who absolutely refuse to accept the logic of Christianity refuse to accept logic itself.

"Find out the role that God would have you play, the part assigned you, in the scheme of things" (Augustine, 54).

Pagan gods have not laid out places for moral instruction. Wherever Christianity has spread one can point to the church there for this moral instruction.

The pagan gods delight in their own ruin and in the ruination of man.

The gods of Rome undermined the morality of the Roman citizens by demanding displays of immoral behavior.

The Romans cannot receive the establishment of morals from their gods for they establish the morals of their gods.

Rome sunk to the depths of degradation long before the arrival of Christ, as was stated by some of the best Romans prior to the coming of Christ.

The Roman gods took no action to save Rome as her morals were declining.

Abandon false gods and "spring out to genuine liberty" (Augustine, 87).