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City of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading

City of God, as later transmitted, treats some public wars as just when waged by lawful earthly authority under providence. Alaric's 410 sack is the occasion of the work, not a war he ordered. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

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City of God, as later transmitted, treats some public wars as just when waged by lawful earthly authority under providence. Alaric's 410 sack is the occasion of the work, not a war he ordered. Later scholastic just-war lists are reception. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: He wrote the books across 413–426. He did not command a legion in 410.

Context

Marcellinus the tribune is a named early addressee-neighbour of the project. Sharing the earthly-city analysis with imperial officers is required. Two-cities limit on civic idolatry is an improving neighbour, not a rebate of this licence. Servitude in the same work is a different path. The setting of City of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading is the public file around 0413-01-01. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of City of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0413-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Worsening path from City of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading on 0413-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Augustine Of Hippo

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    He wrote the books across 413–426. He did not command a legion in 410.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.New Advent — Augustine, City of GodNew Advent / translated Fathers · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, original sin / graceStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: New Advent — Augustine, City of God at https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1201.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent / translated Fathers). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, political thought / war neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: New Advent — Augustine, City of God (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1201.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent / translated Fathers). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, political thought / war neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: a sourced public record of City of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading under 0413-01-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of City of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading under 0413-01-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. One City of God, not twenty-two book-Facts. Mixed effects of City of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAugustine Of Hippo
  2. contributed toFactCity of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). City of God licences just public war as an earthly-city instrument under a providence heading. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/au-just-war

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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