Comments on: Robert A. Markus: Saeculum

By: Saeculum: Augustine’s theology of the saeculum

Saeculum: Augustine’s theology of the saeculum — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:20:25 +0000

[…] the saeculum. The saeculum is the age where the two cities always interpenetrate…“Brian Hamilton reviewing Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of St. Augustine by R. A. Markus. Posted by […]

By: Sub Ratione Dei

Sub Ratione Dei — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

although I don’t think definitive resource. Buy the Book … Oxford UP, Abe, Better World Books, Amazon (UK), Amazon (US). Elsewhere … Augustine and the Donatists Augustine’s Political TheologyAugustine and the Secular

By: wet lenses

wet lenses — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

on man-made law rather than religious doctrine. It’s often missed that secular is a Christian idea, straight out of Augustine, who coined the word ‘saeculum’ to mean the present age where the two cities always interpenetrate until the eschaton.Brian Hamiltonexplains: Augustine secularizes the world and the church alike, divesting them of the absolute or final significance which either has only eschatologically. The Roman Empire is not identical with the earthly city, and the Church, though it can be