Why Jesus failed to stop the sack of Christian Rome.St. Augustine of Hippo's view in 'City of God'

Why Jesus failed to stop the sack of Christian Rome, the capital of a (now Christian) Empire. The city was sacked by the Goths in 410CE. St. Augustine of Hippo in his most well known book 'The City of God against the pagans' tries to answer the issue of why Rome fell when it was in the Christian God's favour to keep the empire strong for the benefit of Christianity. The pagans of that time had blamed the fall of Rome on the decline of worship of the pagan deities and the loss of pagan values. Augustine tries to refute their arguments while criticising the worship of the pagan deities and their failure to protect Rome and its armies at various times in history. The video is the first part of a series of videos on 'City of God against the pagans' Would you like to help support this channel? Join the channel Patreon community   / flaviusclaudiusjulianus   https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fcjulianus Chapters 00:00 The fall of Rome 410CE 03:11 Who was Augustine 04:19 Augustine's thinking 09:20 Why did the Christian God allow Christian Rome to fall? 12:13 The use of Christian churches as sanctuaries 14:38 The plundering of the city 15:46 That no temples were ever used as sanctuaries before Christianity 17:43 The 'cowardice' shown by pagans fleeing to the churches 19:57 Why the pagans survived the fall of Rome 20:34 Rounding up Recommended book (Affiliate links. I get a small commission at top extra cost to you) UK https://amzn.to/3OYUfzw. (Paper) https://amzn.to/3nHtnIw. (Kindle) US https://amzn.to/3bGSSqJ (Paper) https://amzn.to/3P2ovJP. (Kindle) IMAGES USED Le Sac de Rome Evariste-Vital Luminais (1821-1896) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_Luminais\_-\_Le\_Sac\_de\_Rome.jpg Évariste Vital Luminais, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Barbarians Before Rome Evariste-Vital Luminais (1821-1896) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_Luminais\_-\_En\_vue\_de\_Rome.jpg Évariste Vital Luminais, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Sack of Rome in 410 by the Vandals By Joseph-Noel Sylvestre 1890 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_of\_Rome\_by\_the\_Visigoths\_on\_24\_August\_410\_by\_JN\_Sylvestre\_1890.jpg Joseph-Noël Sylvestre, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons François-Nicolas Chifflart, Le Sac de Rome par les Gaulois, 1863. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... François-Nicolas Chifflart (1825-1901), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo South Netherlandish; Painting; Paintings-Panels circa 1490 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_from\_the\_Life\_of\_Saint\_Augustine\_of\_Hippo\_MET\_DT200613.jpg Master of the Legend of St. Augustine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Augustine, ''City of God'' (''De Civitate Dei''). Illuminated manuscript from 1470. From English Wikipedia: en:Image:CityOfGodManuscript.jpg Original source: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldi... Original source: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_Civitate\_Dei\_(The\_City\_of\_God)\_1475.jpg Augustine of Hippo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_%26\_Master\_Fran%C3%A7ois\_-\_City\_of\_God\_-\_The\_Hague,\_10\_A\_11\_fol.\_45r\_-\_Scipio\_Nasica\_rejects\_the\_plan\_to\_build\_a\_theatre\_in\_Rome.jpg Master François, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_%26\_Master\_Fran%C3%A7ois\_-\_City\_of\_God\_-\_The\_Hague,\_10\_A\_11\_fol.\_35v\_-Scipio\_Nasica\_discussing\_theatrical\_performances\_with\_a\_group\_of\_scholars.jpg Maître François, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_%26\_Master\_Fran%C3%A7ois\_-\_City\_of\_God\_-\_The\_Hague,\_10\_A\_11\_fol.\_34r\_-\_Cato\_Censorius\_and\_Scipio\_Nasica\_Discussing\_the\_Destruction\_of\_Carthage.jpg Maître François, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_City\_of\_God\_(De\_civitate\_Dei)\_1347.jpg Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...,\_Philippe\_de\_-\_Saint\_Augustin\_-\_1645-1650.jpg Philippe de Champaigne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...\_de\_Presles,\_Museum\_Meermanno,\_10\_A\_11,\_fol.\_380v.jpg Augustine of Hippo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons