The Comparison of the Church with Paradise Shows us that Men May Indeed...
writings in connection with the donatist controversy. — St. Augustine
-- 1. The comparison of the Church with Paradise [1333] shows us that men may indeed receive her baptism outside her pale, but that no one outside can either receive or retain the salvation of eternal happiness. For, as the words of Scripture testify, th
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[1333] Cypr. Ep. 73. ad Jubaian. 10.

[1334] Genesis 2:8-14.

[1335] Matthew 16:18, 19.

[1336] Cypr. Ep. 73. 11.

in which he treats of
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