The City of God
book by Augustine of Hippo
The City of God is a work of Christian theology. It was written by Augustine of Hippo in Latin in the early 5th century.
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The work's full title is On the city of God against the pagans (Latin: Dē cīvitāte Deī contrā pāgānōs). It is made up of 22 books. Augustine began to write it in 412 or 413. He finished it sometime between 422 and 429.[1]
References
change- ↑ O'Donnell, James J. (1983). "Augustine, City of God". Georgetown University. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
Other websites
change- Latin text
- English translation by Marcus Dods
- SparkNotes: The City of God Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine