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City of God, The

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Outline: Nearly sixteen centuries ago, the city of Rome was sacked by German barbarian Alaric and his Goths - a blow to the very heart of the glorious empire. Rome had dominated civilization for over a thousand years, yet now this symbol of culture, commerce, and order was brought to her knees, and her citizens stripped of their homes, their belongings, and often, their very lines. In the wake of this shattering, a mystic named Augustine, the bishop of Hippo in North Afrika, watched his city swell with refugees fleeing the barbarians in Rome. The empire had been Christian for nearly a century, but now the foundations of their faith were shaken. As the disintegration of the empire created more doubt and despair, Augustine began to hear murmurings, blaming Christianity for the disastrous times. How could this happen? Could our old gods have saved us from destruction? The City of God is Augustine's response, focusing a new light on the actions of men and the events of history in order to draw a clear demarcation between the spiritual City of God and the material City of Man. This theology of history deeply influenced the thought and scholarship of the Middle Ages, ultimately becoming one of the core volumes in Western thought. Augustine's remarkable work does not limit itself to history however. It deals also with creation, time, the origin of evil, human freedom, divine knowledge of the future, the resurrection of the body, final judgment, happiness, the Incarnation, sin, grace, forgiveness, and more. The sheer scope of the work is impressive, and it is a key to understanding the formation of Western thought, right up to the present day.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

239.3 Au4c c.1

Penerbit

Peabody, Massachussets, USA : Hendrickson Publishers., 2009

Deskripsi Fisik

804 hal

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-59856-337-5

Klasifikasi

239\'.3

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Subjek

Apologetics -- Early works to 1800
Kingdom of God -- Early works to 1800

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