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Augustine: The City of God Books VIII and IX (Hardcover)
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Augustine: The City of God Books VIII and IX (Hardcover)
Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
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This edition of St Augustine's The City of God (De Civitate Dei) is
the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well
as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the
history of western Christianity. In these books, written in the
aftermath of the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Goths, Augustine
replies to the pagans, who attributed the fall of Rome to the
Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the pagan
gods. Before his conversion to Christianity in 386, Augustine had
devoted himself to the study of Platonism. In books VIII and IX of
De Civitate Dei, Augustine renews his acquaintance with this
philosophy, which had played such a fundamental role in his
conversion. The main topic of these books is demonology, with
Augustine using the De Deo Socratis of Apuleius, which places
demons as the intermediaries between gods and men, as the
foundation of his exploration into this theme. Augustine is keen to
point out the similarities between Platonism and Christianity and
therefore puts forward the theory that the ideal mediator between
God and man is Christ - he who shares temporary mortality with
humans and permanent blessedness with God and can therefore lead
men from wretchedness to eternal bliss. Latin text with facing-page
English translation, introduction and commentary.
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