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On the City of God Against the Pagans (Latin: De civitate Dei contra paganos), often called The City of God, is a book of Christian philosophy written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century AD.
The City of God by St. Augustine. Topics. catholicism, christianity, augustine, saint, city of god. Collection. opensource. Item Size. 826.5M. Marcus Dods translation with introduction by Thomas Merton. Addeddate.
the city of god. book first. argument. augustine censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the recent sack of rome by the goths, to the christian religion, and its prohibition of the worship of the gods. he speaks of the blessings and ills of life, which then, as always, happened to good and bad men alike.
The City of God, philosophical treatise vindicating Christianity, written by the medieval philosopher St. Augustine as De civitate Dei contra paganos (Concerning the City of God Against the Pagans) about 413–426 ce.
Augustine contends that the calamities experienced by Rome and its populace can be attributed instead to moral corruption and the failings of the pagan gods, drawing on historical examples to bolster his argument.
In his City of God, Augustine contrasts Christianity and Roman paganism. The result is a comprehensive treatise spanning 22 books, in which the disciplines of history, theology, and philosophy all play a major role.
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 ...