The city of God
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Author
Contributions
- Dods, Marcus, 1834-1909. - Contributor
Publication
2009 - Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
201,000 words, Guess
Page Count
804 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781598563375
- ISBN-101598563378
- LibraryThing35109
- Library of Congress Control Number2008043988
- OCLC Control Number243549838
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781598563375
- Open LibraryOL22658301M
Classifications
- DDC239/.3
- LCCBR65.A64 E5 2009
- LCCBR65.A64E5 2009
and 1 more
- LCCBR65 A8F74
Description
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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- Early works to 1800
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