Culture païenne et foi chrétienne aux racines de l'Europe: La «Cité de Dieu» d'Augustin
When in 410 the hordes of Ilaric entered Rome, Augustine found himself in a situation somewhat similar to ours; that, namely, of a culture already christianised, faced with hostile assaults from outside. The reflections found in The City of God can help us to see what characterises today's Euro...
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| Language: | French |
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Ed. Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana
1993
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Gregorianum
Year: 1993, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-16 |
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| Summary: | When in 410 the hordes of Ilaric entered Rome, Augustine found himself in a situation somewhat similar to ours; that, namely, of a culture already christianised, faced with hostile assaults from outside. The reflections found in The City of God can help us to see what characterises today's Europe: is it a human culture or a Christian culture? There exists, according to Augustine, a culture "according to man" which possesses its own values; but, unless reference is made to the "last ends", such values bear in themselves the principle of their own corruption: pride, the instinct of domination, a freedom which develops to the cost of others. Christianity is not to be confounded with any culture: it directs them towards what saves from mortality. Two contemporary texts show the abiding validity of the criteria put forward by Augustine for a Christian evaluation of "the future of Europe". |
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