City of God (Unabridged)
- City of God (Unabridged)
- A spiritual masterpiece
- By the beloved Saint Augustine of Hippo
- The first serious attempt at a philosophy of history
No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than City of God. Since medieval Europe was the cradle of today's Western civilization, this work by consequence is vital for an understanding of our world and how it came into being.
St. Augustine's masterpiece is an interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil: the City of God in conflict with the City of the Devil.
St. Augustine is often regarded as the most influential Christian thinker after St. Paul, and this book is his masterpiece, a vast synthesis of religious and secular knowledge. It began as a reply to the charge that Christian otherworldliness was causing the decline of the Roman Empire. Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Then he proceeded to his larger theme, a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil: the City of God in conflict with the Earthly City or the City of the Devil.
This, the first serious attempt at a philosophy of history, was to have incalculable influence in forming the Western mind on the relations of church and state, and on the Christian's place in the temporal order.
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- "City of God" by St. Augustine is a timeless spiritual classic, offering profound insights into the struggle between good and evil. This unabridged masterpiece, considered a vital work in Western thought, provides an in-depth philosophy of history an
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- d explores the Christian's role in the world. Its influence rivals that of the Bible during the Middle Ages, shaping church-state relations and our understanding of civilization.
City of God (Unabridged)
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