
Episode 101: Against the Pagans (Augustine's City of God, Part 1 of 2)
Literature and History
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Augustine's Dismissal of Roman Polytheism
Augustine congratulates Marcus Turentius Varro on dismissing Roman polytheism. He dismisses some of Varro's ideology as distinctly non-Christian. The ancient Israelites had indeed been selected for special dispensation, Augustine says.
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