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Authors: Saint Augustine, Marcus Dods, Bernard Mayes
ISBN-13: 9781433254611, ISBN-10: 1433254611
Format: MP3 Book
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Date Published: June 2008
Edition: Unabridged

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Author Biography: Saint Augustine

AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (AD 354– 430) is among the most influential cultural figures of all time. His development of Christian theology during the formative fourth and fifth centuries shaped church teaching for future generations.
            Ascending to influence as a teacher of rhetoric in Hippo, Rome, and Milan, Augustine initially embraced Manichean religion, and later came under the influence of Neoplatonism. In AD 387 however, his life dramatically changed directions with his conversion to Christianity. After conversion, he returned to his native North Africa, where he was ordained a priest and later made a bishop. As leader of the Church in Hippo, he preached widely and wrote voluminous biblical commentaries and apologetic works defending Christian faith against its rivals and detractors, along with more personal and pastoral works, such as Confessions.

Book Synopsis

One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian philosophy, The City of God provides an insightful interpretation of the development of modern Western society and the origin of most Western thought. Contrasting earthly and heavenly cities—representing the omnipresent struggle between good and evil—Augustine explores human history in its relation to all eternity. In Thomas Merton's words, "The City of God is the autobiography of the Church written by the most Catholic of her great saints."

This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition is a complete and unabridged version of the Marcus Dods translation.

Table of Contents

Introduction7
Foreword13
I.The Problem of a Universal Society13
II.The City of God and Universal Society21
III.Christian Wisdom and a World Society33
Part 1The Pagan Gods and Earthly Happiness
Book I.Christianity Did Not Cause the Fall of Rome39
Book II.Pagan Gods Never Protected Men's Souls66
Book III.Physical Evils Were Not Prevented by the Gods78
Book IV.Divine Justice and the Growth of the Roman Empire84
Book V.Providence and the Greatness of Rome99
Part 2The Pagan Gods and Future Happiness
Book VI.Eternal Life and the Inadequacy of Polytheism119
Book VII.Criticisms of Pagan Natural Theology135
Book VIII.Classical Philosophy and Refined Paganism144
Book IX.Pagan Deities, Demons, and Christian Angels172
Book X.Christian Worship Contrasted with Platonic Theology186
Part 3The Origin of the Two Cities
Book XI.Creation and the Two Societies of Angels205
Book XII.Created Wills and the Distinction of Good and Evil244
Book XIII.Adam's Sin and Its Consequences269
Book XIV.Two Loves Originate Two Different Cities295
Part 4The Development of the Two Cities
Book XV.The Two Cities in Early Biblical History323
Book XVI.The City of God from the Flood to King David363
Book XVII.From the Age of the Prophets to Christ's Birth378
Book XVIII.The City of Man in Ancient History391
Part 5The Ends of the Two Cities
Book XIX.Philosophy and Christianity on Man's End427
Book XX.Separation of the Two Cities in the Last Judgment483
Book XXI.End and Punishment of the Earthly City494
Book XXII.The Eternal Bliss of the City of God507
Index546

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