Augustine recast how people should view history, that history was not the story of the rise and fall of empires because those are human things. Those are the city of man. Rather, true history should be the history of salvation, of man moving toward God. It's a focus that takes the light off of this world and shines it much more brightly on the next world. Thomas F. Madden
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Augustine believed that history should be written in terms of the progress of man toward God, not simply in terms of the rise and fall of empires. He believed that God had shown his greatness through the lives of the saints.

Source: From Jesus To Christianity: A History Of The Early Church

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