02765cam a2200433Mi 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016008004100033010001300074020001800087020001500105035002100120040009300141041001300234050002000247082001100267100004200278240003000320245019400350250002100544264004600565264001100611300002300622336002600645337002800671338002700699500003600726500021700762504005000979505017501029520087401204546002002078650001902098650001802117650005102135700005302186700006002239830003202299238441577OCoLC20241021071119.0901029s1958    nyu      b    001 0 eng d  a58005717  a9780385029100  a0385029101  a(OCoLC)238441577  aDRBbengerdacDRBdBAKERdIHIdBDXdOCLCAdOCLCFdHNWdOCLCQdOCLCOdOCLdMNEdOCLdMZN1 aenghlat 4aAU923CbE5 1958  aAU923C0 aAugustine,cof Hippo, Saint,d354-43010aDe civitate Dei.lEnglish10aCity of God :ban abridged version from the translation by Gerald G. Walsh [and 3 others] /cSaint Augustine ; foreword by Etienne Gilson ; edited, with an introduction, by Vernon J. Bourke  aAbridged edition 1aGarden City, N.Y. :bImage Books,c[1958] 4c©1958  a549 pages ;c18 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aTranslation of: De civitate Dei  a"The original City of God contains twenty-two books and fills three regular-sized volumes. This edition has been skillfully abridged to make the heart of Augustine's monumental work widely available."--Back cover  aIncludes bibliographical references and index0 aThe pagan gods and earthly happiness -- The pagan gods and future happiness -- The origin of two cities -- The development of the two cities -- The ends of the two cities  a"This synthesis of religious and secular knowledge begins as a reply to the charge that Christianity caused the decline of the Roman Empire, with Augustine showing paganism to contain within itself the seeds of its own destruction. He then proceeds to larger themes, ultimately presenting a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil: the City of God in conflict with the Earthly City. This, the first serious attempt at a philosophy of history, was to have incalculable influence in forming European understanding of the relations of church and state and the Christian's place in the temporal order. No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages, and even today City of God provides vital insight for understanding our world and the ideas that have shaped Western civilization"--cProvided by publisher  aText in English 0aKingdom of God 0aGood and evil 0aApologeticsxHistoryyEarly church, ca. 30-6001 aWalsh, Gerald Groveland,d1892-1952,etranslator1 aBourke, Vernon J.q(Vernon Joseph),d1907-1998,eeditor 0aDoubleday Image book ;vD59