Augustine and the Order of Love: Debunking a Dumb Christian Nationalist Argument

July 7th, 2023 | 5 min read

There is a passage in Augustine, found in Of Christian Doctrine during his discussion of the order of love, where he argues that,

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, The Dispatch, National Review, Comment, Christianity Today, and Plough. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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