Title On the government of God : a treatise wherein are shown by argument and by examples drawn from the abandoned society of the times the ways of God toward His creatures / indited by Salvian, Presbyter of Marseilles and master of bishops, as a warning and counsel ; this fifth century polemic done into English by Eva M. Sanford

Published New York : Columbia University Press, 1930

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) Series Records of civilization, sources and studies Records of civilization, sources and studies. Contents Introduction. A fifth century tract for the times ; The life of Salvian ; Salvian's literary work ; On the government of God ; Style and latinity ; The editions of Salvian's works ; Estimates of Salvian's work -- On the government of God. That the salutary purpose of the present work should atone for its lack of the vain adornments of rhetoric ; The government of God proved by the general conviction of mankind, and by his judgment recounted in the books of Moses ; The immediate judgment of God as seen in the history of King David ; On the obligations of the Christian life ; On the oppressions wrought by the Roman nobles, and the guilt of Christians as compared with pagans ; On heresy, and on the oppression of the poor by the powerful throughout the Roman Empire ; On the ruinous influence of circuses and spectacles ; Wherein Roman vice is contrasted with Vandal virtue ; That the sins of the Romans are alone responsible for their ruin Summary Proposes that the decline of the Roman power demonstrated God's government and judgment of human actions, since the sins of the Romans were such as had always been visited with instant punishment Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Providence and government of God. Christian life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION / Christianity / General. Christian life -- Early church. Providence and government of God. Social conditions SUBJECT Rome -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006770 Subject Rome (Empire) Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book Author Sanford, Eva Matthews. LC no. 31003925 ISBN 9780231887502 0231887507

Other Titles De gubernatione Dei. English

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