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		<title>Reading Athanasius, On the Incarnation </title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Image: Athanasius trampling down Heresy; Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Basilica in Rome The name Athanasius is symbolic of the victory over Arianism in the generation of the Council of Nicaea. His tombstone read, “Athanasius Contra Mundum,” which means, “Athanasius Against the World.” He would be exiled five times by four emperors, three of whom professed...]]></description>
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		<title>Theology&#8217;s Central Role in Classical Education</title>
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		<title>Augustine’s City of God</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Augustine's seminal work, The City of God, exposes the reason for classical pagan civilization's downfall. ]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Rev. Matt Marino In the year 410, Alaric and his army of Goths sacked Rome. Though not the final blow, this event marked the end of the Pax Romana, and in many ways, it signaled the beginning of the end of old paganism. During this time, Emperor Honorius appointed one of Augustine’s friends, Marcellinus, to oversee the continuing Catholic-Donatist dispute in North Africa where Augustine had…</p>
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