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Black Magic, White Magic & the Theory of Magic

The City of God

by Augustine of Hippo

Augustine's defence of Christianity against paganism. Its attack on theurgy and demonic religion, with his On Christian Doctrine, shaped the Christian definition of magic as a pact with demons.

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