City of God

Name: City of God
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ISBN: 9780385029100

ISBN-10: 0385029101

ISBN-13: 9780385029100

Edition: Abridged

Authors: St. Augustine, Augustine

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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. Abridged for the modern reader.

Book details

List price: $21.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/19/1958
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.15" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction



Foreword




The Problem of a Universal Society



The City of God and Universal Society



Christian Wisdom and a World Society



The Pagan Gods and Earthly Happiness



Christianity Did Not Cause the Fall of Rome



Pagan Gods Never Protected Men's Souls



Physical Evils Were Not Prevented by the Gods



Divine Justice and the Growth of the Roman Empire



Providence and the Greatness of Rome



The Pagan Gods and Future Happiness



Eternal Life and the Inadequacy of Polytheism



Criticisms of Pagan Natural Theology



Classical Philosophy and Refined Paganism



Pagan Deities, Demons, and Christian Angels



Christian Worship Contrasted with Platonic Theology



The Origin of the Two Cities



Creation and the Two Societies of Angels



Created Wills and the Distinction of Good and Evil



Adam's Sin and Its Consequences



Two Loves Originate Two Different Cities



The Development of the Two Cities



The Two Cities in Early Biblical History



The City of God from the Flood to King David



From the Age of the Prophets to Christ's Birth



The City of Man in Ancient History



The Ends of the Two Cities



Philosophy and Christianity on Man's End



Separation of the Two Cities in the Last Judgment



End and Punishment of the Earthly City



The Eternal Bliss of the City of God


Index