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Fathers of the Church: Saint Augustine The City of God Books 17-22
(Hardcover, 1954)
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Author: St. Augustine
Saint Augustine, who spent 14 years composing this Christian and literary classic, wrote "City of Go...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0813200245
ISBN-13: 9780813200248
Jun 1954
Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Saint Augustine, who spent 14 years composing this Christian and literary classic, wrote "City of God" as a defense of Christianity in the wake of the fall of the Roman Empire. "City of God" functions as a history of early Christianity, a critique of Roman polytheism, and a philosophy of history. Its central theme is the duality of good and evil. Augustine proposes a universal religious society, or "the perfectly ordered and harmonious communion of those who find their joy in God, and in one another in God."
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "MY DEAR MARCELLINUS: This work which I have begun makes good my promise to you. In it I am undertaking nothing less than the task of defending the glorious City of God against those who prefer their own goods to its Founder."
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