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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