Augustine's Hippo: power relations (410-417)

Augustine's court arbitrations show the close connections that existed between church and state in the fifth century. Augustine was the first to provide a theology of compulsion toward faith. However, he was conciliatory in his enforcement of the ruling against the Donatists made at the confrontatio...

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Author:Garry Wills
Published: S.n., s.l., 1999
Volume:7
Pages:98-119
Periodical:Arion
Number:1
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Archaeology and Epigraphy > Hippo
- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Church, Liturgy, African Monachism > African councils > councils of Carthage > council of Carthage (411)
- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Church, Liturgy, African Monachism > African Donatism > Councils
- Biography > Person and Life > Augustin, shepard of souls > Bishop > episcopalis audientia
- Biography > Person and Life > Augustin, shepard of souls > Bishop > legal authority > Legal authority
- Doctrine > Social Life > [Sociologie. Cité terrestre. Politique] > [Église et État. Pouvoir civil] > Church-State
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Summary:Augustine's court arbitrations show the close connections that existed between church and state in the fifth century. Augustine was the first to provide a theology of compulsion toward faith. However, he was conciliatory in his enforcement of the ruling against the Donatists made at the confrontation of Carthage in 411. His dissatisfaction with the connections between church and state are revealed in his City of God.

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