Moreover, the book is perhaps the most important and groundbreaking political philosophy the church has yet to produce. human depravity, political instability) and the glory of God, of his kingdom, his 'City' his righteousness. In addition to being an apologetic work of Christian influence, is also one the most important theological constructions on theological anthropology (esp. The City of God is a rebuttal of this belief-but that is far from all that it is. Many Romans argued at the time that the Empire was crumbling because the ancient gods had been displaced by the now official-and dominant-Christian faith. It was the end of 1,000 years of civilization by the hands of barbarian hordes from Germania. Now bound in a reader friendly design and size, and printed on straight white, and semi-gloss pages this edition is excellent for both a straight read of the text, or a critical study of it.ġ6 centuries ago, the greatest empire the world had ever seen, The Roman Empire, symbolically, with the sack of its capitol, the eternal city of Rome, died.

It is impossible to understand his thought, or its trajectory without this work. Second only to Augustine's Confessions in popularity, and spreading a wider theological net than Augustine's De Trinitate The City of God is the greatest and most comprehensive of Augustine's works. in addition to being an apologetic work of Christian influence, is also one the most important theological constructions on theological anthropology (esp. 16 centuries ago, the greatest empire the world had ever seen, The Roman Empire, symbolically, with the sack of its capitol, the eternal city of Rome, died.

City of God by Augustine of Hippo