St Augustine


Confessions
City of God
On Christian Doctrine
The Trinity
On Grace and Free Will
The Augustine Catechism: The Enchiridon on Faith, Hope, and Love
Essential Sermons (Works of Saint Augustine 3)
Nature and Grace (De natura et gratia)
Augustine of Hippo: Selected Writings
On the Spirit and the Letter
The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works
The Political Writings of St. Augustine
On Free Choice of the Will (Hackett Classics)
Sermons to the People: Advent, Christmas, New Year's, Epiphany
On the Good of Widowhood
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James Caskey
St. Augustine is not only the oldest continuously-occupied European settlement on the American continent, it is also perhaps the most haunted city in the United States. Seemingly every spot in this city has some ghostly hidden history, right below the surface. Just by strolling through the historic streets you can hear the whispers of the long-dead.
James Caskey, St. Augustine Ghosts: Hauntings in the Ancient City

Theologically, Hell is out of favor now, but it still seems more "real" to most people than Fairyland or Atlantis or Valhalla or other much imagined places. This is because of the sheer mass and weight and breadth of ancient tradition, inventive fantasy, analytic argument, dictatorial dogma, and both simple and complex faith employed over a very long time- thousands of years- in the ongoing attempt to map the netherworld. The landscape of Hell is the largest shared construction project in imagin ...more
Alice K. Turner, The History of Hell

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