Fons Iustitiae: Justice in the City of God

This article seeks to account for the nature of human justice in the City of God. I argue that finite justice, for Augustine, is participatory; it always ‘refers’ itself to the font of justice from which it overflows; it is always received by participation in Christ’s justice. This claim implicates...

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Main Author: Boersma, Gerald P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2021]
In: International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 68-91
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBF Christology
NBM Doctrine of Justification
NCA Ethics
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