The City of God · Character
Moses
The lawgiver who received the tables on Sinai, yet who by God's design did not lead the people into the promised land — Joshua did.
supporting
Also known as the Israelites, the Israelites Moses, Israelites, Moses carnally
First appearance: part i book i
As a supporting figure in The City of God, Moses is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Implied as leader of the Israelites delivered from Egypt.
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Moses dominates the giving of the law, the passover, and the fifty days to Pentecost, but Augustine makes his exclusion from Canaan theologically pointed: the law cannot bring the promise to fulfillment. The tension is…
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- Patriarchs and Pagan Figures
- Priest and Prophet
- Diverse Historical and Biblical Figures
- Roman Founders and Tyrants
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Moses appears across 22 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Concerning the kingdom of the Jews, which was founded by the one and true God, and preserved by Him as long as they remained in the true religion.
- How Plato has been able to approach so nearly to Christian knowledge
- Chapter VIII
- Of the invisible God, who has often made Himself visible, not as He really is, but as the beholders could bear the sight
- That there is no entity contrary to the divine
- Of Paradise, that it can be understood in a spiritual sense without sacrificing the historic truth of the narrative regarding the real place.
- XXII
- Of the Ark and the Deluge
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