# Felicity — The City of God character guide

> Felicity in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** 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:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Roman goddess of good fortune, discussed in the context of pagan worship of abstractions.

## Relationships

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_friendship_

Felicity is closely associated with Jesus Christ as a personification of blessedness and divine favor, often aligned with his teachings.

### [Jupiter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/jupiter)

_rivalry_

Felicity stands in opposition to Jupiter, representing true Christian happiness versus false pagan promises of fortune.

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_friendship_

Felicity is closely associated with Jesus Christ as a personification of blessedness and divine favor, often aligned with his teachings.

### [Jupiter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/jupiter)

_rivalry_

Felicity stands in opposition to Jupiter, representing true Christian happiness versus false pagan promises of fortune.

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_friendship_

Felicity is closely associated with Jesus Christ as a personification of blessedness and divine favor, often aligned with his teachings.

### [Jupiter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/jupiter)

_rivalry_

Felicity stands in opposition to Jupiter, representing true Christian happiness versus false pagan promises of fortune.

## In the story

### [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xviii)

Goddess of felicity, argued to be the only necessary object of worship if she is always good.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xix)

Personified virtue contrasted with Fortuna; noted as mute in the tradition.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxi)

Personified as a goddess by pagans; Augustine argues she is a gift of God, not a deity.

### [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.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxiii)

Goddess of happiness, whom Augustine argues is not a goddess but a gift of God.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxiv)

Cited as an example of a goddess named after the gift of felicity, illustrating the pagan practice.

### [Concerning the One God Only to Be Worshipped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxv)

Personified as a goddess by pagans, but argued to be a gift from the unknown true God.

### [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.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xii)

Mentioned as a supposed goddess; Augustine argues she is not a goddess but a gift of God.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xiv)

Personification of good fortune, used to illustrate that perpetual peace would render Mars irrelevant.

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