European University Institute Library

City of God, Augustine

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City of God, Augustine
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliography and index
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
City of God
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
903198903
Responsibility statement
Augustine
Series statement
Loeb classical library online
Summary
On the City of God by Augustine (354-430 CE) unfolds God's action in the progress of the world's history, and propounds the superiority of Christian beliefs over pagan in adversity., Augustinus (354-430 CE), son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste in North Africa, and his Christian wife Monica, while studying in Africa to become a rhetorician, plunged into a turmoil of philosophical and psychological doubts in search of truth, joining for a time the Manichaean society. He became a teacher of grammar at Tagaste, and lived much under the influence of his mother and his friend Alypius. About 383 he went to Rome and soon after to Milan as a teacher of rhetoric, being now attracted by the philosophy of the Sceptics and of the Neo-Platonists. His studies of Paul's letters with Alypius and the preaching of Bishop Ambrose led in 386 to his rejection of all sensual habits and to his famous conversion from mixed beliefs to Christianity. He returned to Tagaste and there founded a religious community. In 395 or 396 he became Bishop of Hippo, and was henceforth engrossed with duties, writing and controversy. He died at Hippo during the successful siege by the Vandals. From Augustine's large output the Loeb Classical Library offers that great autobiography the Confessions (in two volumes); On the City of God (seven volumes), which unfolds God's action in the progress of the world's history, and propounds the superiority of Christian beliefs over pagan in adversity; and a selection of Letters which are important for the study of ecclesiastical history and Augustine's relations with other theologians--, Provided by Publisher
Table Of Contents
v. I. Books 1-3 / with an English translation by George E. McCracken -- v. II. Books 4-7 / with an English translation by William M. Green -- v. III. Books 8-11 / with an English translation by David S. Wiesen -- v. IV. Books 12-15 / with an English translation by Philip Levine -- v. V. Books 16-18.35 / with an English translation by Eva Matthews Sanford and William McAllen Green -- v. VI. Books 18.36-20 / with an English translation by William Chase Greene -- v. VII. Books 21-22 / with an English translation by William M. Green
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