Round 3: Tossup 8

In the preface to one of his works, this thinker explains that God’s prerogative is to “Show pity to the humbled soul and crush the sons of pride” by quoting Vergil’s Aeneid. This thinker believed that only Jesus was sinless because original sin is passed down through semen. St. Ambrose baptized this thinker and his son Adeodatus (“ah-day-oh-DAH-tuss”) after he converted from Manichaeism (10[1])(“man-ih-KEE-ism”), a religion he adopted in opposition to his mother, St. Monica. In one of his works that responded to the 410 CE Sack of Rome, this thinker contrasted an earthly city with a Heavenly (10[1])city made by the love of God. For 10 points, name this bishop (10[1])of Hippo who wrote On (10[1])the City of God and Confessions. ■END■

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