De civitate Dei

Augustine of Hippo First published 1941

About this book

This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilisation. When he began to write The City of God in 413, St. Augustine's intention was to defend the Christian Church against the charge of having brought about the Sack of Rome in 410.

Outgrowing this initial purpose, the work evolved into a detailed critique of the political and moral tradition of Rome and a synthesis of Platonism and Christianity which must stand as one of the most significant achievements in Western intellectual history. Apart from its intrinsic interest the Christian account of social and political relations which Augustine gives was to furnish one of the most fertile sources of material for the controversial literature of the middle ages. R. W.

Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of The City of God, edited together with full biographical notes, a concise introduction, bibliographical note and chronology of Augustine's life.

Subjects

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89.06 political philosophy
apologetics
apologetics--early works to 1800
apologetics--history
apologetics, history, early church, ca. 30-600
apologetics--history--early church, ca. 30-600--early works to 1800
apologétique
augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430
br65.a64 e5 1972
br65.a64 e5 1998
br65.a64 e5 1998x
christendom
christianity
de civitate dei (augustine, of hippo, saint)
early christian literature
early church
early church, ca. 30-600
early works to 1800
history
kingdom of god
kingdom of god--early works to 1800
latin language materials
latin manuscripts
moral conditions
ouvrages avant 1800
politieke filosofie
royaume de dieu
theology