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Author : Saint Augustine
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Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The City of God Books 1-10 by : Saint Augustine
Download or read book The City of God Books 1-10 written by Saint Augustine. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Release : 1888
Genre : Apologetics
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Book Synopsis The City of God by : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Download or read book The City of God written by Saint Augustine (of Hippo). This book was released on 1888. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)
Release : 2009
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The City of God by : Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)
Download or read book The City of God written by Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.). This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The human mind can understand truth only by thinking, as is clear from Augustine." --Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and this book is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defense of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a citizenship that transcends worldly politics and will last for eternity, this book is one of the most influential documents in the development of Christianity. One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, "The City of God "is vital to an understanding of modern Western society and how it came into being. Begun in A.D. 413, the book's initial purpose was to refute the charge that Christianity was to blame for the fall of Rome (which had occurred just three years earlier). Indeed, Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, over the next thirteen years that it took to complete the work, the brilliant ecclesiastic proceeded to his larger theme: a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil. By means of his contrast of the earthly and heavenly cities--the one pagan, self-centered, and contemptuous of God and the other devout, God-centered, and in search of grace--Augustine explored and interpreted human history in relation to eternity.
Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Release : 1962
Genre : Apologetics
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Book Synopsis The City of God: Books 1-7 by : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Download or read book The City of God: Books 1-7 written by Saint Augustine (of Hippo). This book was released on 1962. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gillian Clark
Release : 2024-02-16
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Commentary on Augustine City of God, Books 6-10 by : Gillian Clark
Download or read book Commentary on Augustine City of God, Books 6-10 written by Gillian Clark. This book was released on 2024-02-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume in a series of commentaries on Augustine's City of God (De civitate Dei). Books 6-10 are Augustine's answer to those who think that many gods should be worshipped for blessings in the life to come. In Books 1-5 he had replied to those who thought many gods should be worshipped for blessings in this mortal life; he expected this next task to be more challenging, because he must engage with outstanding philosophers who have much in common with Christians. In Books 6-10, he makes the task manageable by selecting very short extracts, all in Latin, from his target authors: on interpretations of Roman myth and cult (books 6-7) the learned Varro, Divine Matters, and Seneca On Superstition; on daimones (Books 8-9) Apuleius, On the God of Socrates, and Asclepius, ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus; on Platonist philosophy (Book 10) translated quotations from Plotinus and Porphyry. Augustine aims to show that the many gods are deceptive demons who want worship for themselves and cannot mediate between mortals and the immortal divine. Especially in Book 10, he contrasts these demons with the good angels who want us to be blessed as they are by worshipping the true God, and with the true mediator Jesus Christ who in his incarnation united humanity with God. Platonist philosophers, Augustine argues, despise the body and aspire to reach the divine by superior intellect; for ordinary people they offer only theurgy, which is dangerous magic. But Christian faith is accessible to all. The coming of Christ and the Church is revealed by the true God in divinely inspired scripture, and Christian worship unites the believer with the self-offering of Christ. Augustine is now ready to move to the second part of City of God, on the origin, course and due ends of the two cities--the city of God and the earthly city--which are intertwined in this world.
