The City of God, Volume II
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
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Volume two of Augustine's City of God, in Marcus Dods's translation, continues the bishop of Hippo's great reply to charges that Christianity caused Rome's fall. Augustine wrote between 413 and 426, after Visigoths had sacked Rome. His answer distinguishes two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, intermingled through history.
Later books trace those cities toward final judgment and eternal peace, arguing that earthly empires rise and fall by providence, not by the old gods' favor. The work effectively invented a Christian philosophy of history. Few books have influenced Western thinking about politics, time, and salvation as deeply, and volume two carries the argument to its end.
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| CREATOR | Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1.3 MB |
| LICENSE | Project Gutenberg License |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |