Episode 101: Against the Pagans (Augustine's City of God, Part 1 of 2)
Literature and History
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The Triumph of Constantine
Usebius' biography of Constantine often strikes a triumphalist tone, just like this. Augustine knew that the Christianization of Rome had not been so decisive as a single conversion. Paganism remained comfortably entrenched in the late antique Roman population. Many pagans regarded Christianity with indifference more than hostility.
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