Augustine's City of God argues that post-lapsarian human nature requires coercive unified authority to restrain sin, and no pre-Fall governmental form can serve as a normative model for fallen political life.
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(what pre-Fall government forms cannot be for political life)
An ideal example or standard that people should copy or aim for. 'Normative' means it sets the rules for how things should be.
post-lapsarian(describing the current human condition in this argument)
Relating to the time after humans fell from grace by disobeying God (the Fall). It describes the broken, sinful state of humanity that came after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit.
pre-Fall(describing government forms from before human sin entered the world)
Referring to the time before Adam and Eve disobeyed God and were expelled from paradise—when humanity was still innocent and perfect.