Question

Evaluate st. augustine view on two cities the city of god and the city of satan in the context of the role of state and church

Answer 1

Aurelius Augustinus, better known as Augustine of Hippo was a Christian theologian, philosopher and thinker who lived around the period leading to the decline of the Roman Empire (AD 354 – 430). A bright child, born to religiously mixed parents (a pagan father and a devout Christian mother) of a moderately well to do status, Augustine was tutored by his parents until he turned, 11 at which point he was sent to school. He learned Latin during this period, as well as familiarizing with paganism. He also came into contact with Cicero’s work. His parents harbored ambitions of him working in the Roman Imperial service, thus later at 17, he went on to Carthage to further his studies in Rhetoric. He fathered Adeodatus whose mother he deeply loved but never married but remained his mistress for a long time. Augustine moved to Milan, Italy where he took up a teaching post. It was here that he met with Bishop Ambrose, who, coupled by his desire for knowledge, would later influence his conversion to Christianity. Molded by his son’s death, he became Bishop of Hippo. It was here that he defended the Catholic Church and produced several works such as his Confessions, Against the Academics as well as the City of God.



In an attempt to assuage the anxieties and confidence of his fellow Christians following the sack of Rome by the Vandals, he produced De Civitate Dei (City of God). Adherents of the pagan faith blamed Christianity for the empire’s demise, asserting that, Christian un-patriotism to the state and the act of forgiveness were to blame. The book was in part, a reply to the pagans and on the other, a study of the fall of the Roman Empire.

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