City of God - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Augustine, Henry Bettenson (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsPublish date:2004-01-06Pages:1184
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140448948ISBN-10:140448942UPC:9780140448948Book Category:Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Religious, History & SurveysBook Topic:Apologetics, Ancient & ClassicalSize:7.82 x 5.08 x 2.02 inchesWeight:1.7813Product ID:SCAHGMD6NT
City of God
St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and City of God is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way...
Series: Penguin Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140448948ISBN-10:140448942UPC:9780140448948Book Category:Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Religious, History & SurveysBook Topic:Apologetics, Ancient & ClassicalSize:7.82 x 5.08 x 2.02 inchesWeight:1.7813Product ID:SCAHGMD6NT
St Augustine of Hippo was the great Doctor of the Latin Church. Born in North Africa in AD 354, he was brought up as a Christian and at 16 went to Carthage to finish his education. Until 387, Augustine followed the Manichean religion and founded his own school of rhetoric in Rome. After his baptism, he returned to Africa and lived in the community he formed there until his death in 430. His...
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