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Dec 17, 2020 · The City of God by St. Augustine. Topics. catholicism, christianity, augustine, saint, city of god. Collection. opensource. Marcus Dods translation with introduction by Thomas Merton. Addeddate. 2020-12-17 02:31:51. Identifier.
Apr 8, 2014 · Project Gutenberg's The City of God, Volume I, by Aurelius Augustine This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
Feb 17, 2017 · CONTENTS. BOOK I. Augustine censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the sack of Rome by the Goths, to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the gods, 1. BOOK II.
AUGUSTINE, THE CITY OF GOD1. St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430) was born and lived most of his life in North Africa. Steeped in classical Greek and Roman thought, he became one of the most influential Christian philosophers and theologians. He was ordained bishop in Hippo (in today’s Tunisia) in 395. A Roman patriot, he was devastated by the ...
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The City of God By Saint Augustine of Hippo. Translated by Marcus Dods. Rome having been stormed and sacked by the Goths under Alaric their king, the worshipers of false gods, or pagans, as we commonly call them, made an attempt to attribute this calamity to the Christian religion, and began to
Apr 8, 2014 · the city of god. book fourteenth.[1] argument. augustine again treats of the sin of the first man, and teaches that it is the cause of the carnal life and vicious affections of man.
At the request of a friend who was a career diplomat, Marcellinus, Augustine wrote a few letters, which set in motion this apologetic tome. The first ten books of The City of God, which appeared serially, address the failings and systemic inconsistencies of the Roman gods.
Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) took great pains to create and project a powerful image of himself beyond the churches and towns where he wrote and taught in Roman north Africa. He succeeded in this self-presentation beyond his wildest dreams.
Saint Augustine is often regardarded as the most influential Christian thinker after Saint Paul, and City of God is his materpiece, a cast synthesis of religious and secular knowledge. It began as a reply to the charge that Christian otherworldiness was causing the decline of the Roman Empire.
