The Pleasure of Hell in 'City of God 21'

Augustine counters the Neoplatonic and Origenian notion of a purifying or corrective hell at the same time is at pains to represent Hell (Civ. 21, 1; 21, 9) as part of the aessthetically pleasing symmetry of a divinely ordered universe, a res mirabilis rather than a res horribilis.

Bibliographic Details
Author:Thomas A. Smith
Published: 1999
Volume:30
Pages:195-204
Periodical:Augustinian Studies
Number:2
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > De civitate Dei > civ. Dei XXI
- Doctrine > Eschatology, State of Man After Death > Hell > Hell
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:Augustine counters the Neoplatonic and Origenian notion of a purifying or corrective hell at the same time is at pains to represent Hell (Civ. 21, 1; 21, 9) as part of the aessthetically pleasing symmetry of a divinely ordered universe, a res mirabilis rather than a res horribilis.

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