The City of God · Character
Felicity
Roman goddess of good fortune, discussed in the context of pagan worship of abstractions.
minor
Also known as felicity, the god Father Catius, who should make men cautious, that is, acute, when Felicity, Father Catius, goddess Felicity
First appearance: part i book i
Felicity's tie to Jesus Christ is one of the pressures that moves The City of God—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Goddess of felicity, argued to be the only necessary object of worship if she is always good.
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With Jesus Christ (friendship): Felicity is closely associated with Jesus Christ as a personification of blessedness and divine favor, often aligned with his teachings. With Jupiter (rivalry): Felicity stands in…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Patriarchs and Pagan Figures
- Roman Founders and Tyrants
- Roman Statesmen and Emperors
- Diverse Historical and Biblical Figures
- Early Biblical Genealogy
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Jesus Christ
friendship · positive
Felicity is closely associated with Jesus Christ as a personification of blessedness and… How this plays out →
- Jupiter
rivalry · negative
- Jesus Christ
friendship · positive
Felicity is closely associated with Jesus Christ as a personification of blessedness and… How this plays out →
- Jupiter
rivalry · negative
- Jesus Christ
friendship · positive
Felicity is closely associated with Jesus Christ as a personification of blessedness and… How this plays out →
- Jupiter
rivalry · negative
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Felicity appears across 8 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Chapter XVIII
- XIX
- Chapter XXI
- Concerning Felicity, whom the Romans, who venerate many gods, for a long time did not worship with divine honour, though she alone would have sufficed instead of all.
- XXIV
- Concerning the One God Only to Be Worshipped
- That when once the vanity of the gods of the nations has been exposed, it cannot be doubted that they are unable to bestow eternal life on anyone, when they cannot afford help even with respect to the things of this temporal life.
- XIV
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