The heavenly City, on the contrary, knows and, by religious faith, believes that it must adore one God alone and serve Him with that complete devotion which the Greeks call latreia and which belongs to Him alone. As a result, she has been unable to share with the earthly city a common religious legislation, and has had no choice but to dissent on this score and so to become a nuisance to those who think otherwise. - St. Augustine, The City of God, Book XIX, chapter 17
No comments:
Post a Comment