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 2  aliases:
 3    - City of God
 4  citekey: Augustine1958
 5  tags:
 6    - bibnote
 7  ---
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 9  > [!book] Bibliography
10  > Augustine, St. 1958. _City of God (Image Classics)_. New York, New York, U.s.a.: Image. [https://www.biblio.com/book/city-god-image-classics-augustine-st/d/1394049669](https://www.biblio.com/book/city-god-image-classics-augustine-st/d/1394049669).  
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12  >[!meta]- Metadata  
13  > **FirstAuthor**:: Augustine, St  
14  ~  
15  > **Title**:: City of God (Image Classics)  
16  > **Year**:: 1958  
17  > **Citekey**:: Augustine1958  
18  > **itemType**:: book  
19  > **Publisher**:: Image  
20  > **Location**:: New York, New York, U.s.a.  
21  > **ISBN**:: 978-0-385-02910-0
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24  ## Notes
25  ### Book VIII Ch. 23-27
26  - p.166 Demons are mediators between men and gods. 
27  	- The Egyptians considered there to be 2 types of gods; those made by man and those made by the Supreme God.
28  - Trismegistus maintained that tangible and visible images are the bodies of gods,  animated by the spirits who inhabit them. This is what it means to "make gods" according to Trismegistus.
29  - gods made in man's image (like technology/transhumanism)
30  - (F) If demons can dwell inside physical depictions, it follows that God's grace can be imbued in the divine images
31  	- Statues were able to perform divinations and impart visions of the future, so it follows that the saints can work miracles in Holy icons by the divine grace of God
32  - p.167 St Paul references Hermes as the figure in Romans 1:21 making a statue to an unknown god
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36  >[!sticky]+ Notes Cited
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