C. D. Hulen’s Reviews > The City of God > Status Update

"Thus, by the unutterable mercy of God, even the very punishment of wickedness has become the armor of virtue, and the penalty of the sinner becomes the reward of the righteous. For then death was incurred by sinning, now righteousness is fulfilled by dying. "

6 hours in, and I've never been so amazed at how one man can verbally skewer the entire Roman system or so thankful that I recently listened to a tome on ancient history