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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.
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Latin Manuscripts, Kingdom of God, Theology, Apologetics, Early works to 1800, Early Christian literature, Early church, ca. 30-600, Moral conditions, History, Latin language materials, Apologétique, Ouvrages avant 1800, Royaume de Dieu, De civitate Dei (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint), Christianity, 89.06 political philosophy, Christendom, Politieke filosofie, Apologetics, history, early church, ca. 30-600, Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430, Early church, Apologetics--early works to 1800, Kingdom of god--early works to 1800, Apologetics--history, Apologetics--history--early church, ca. 30-600--early works to 1800, Br65.a64 e5 1972, 239/.3, Br65.a64 e5 1998x, Br65.a64 e5 1998Places
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The city of God against the pagans
1998, Cambridge University Press
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Conc erning the City of God against the pagans
1984, Penguin Books
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St. Augustine's treatise on the city of God, abridged by F.R. Montgomery Hitchcock.
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