The City of God, Books I-VII

Written during the time when the Roman Empire was crumbling, Augustine's De civitate Dei tackles the questions raised by the decline of the political and social order. Here, in Books One through Seven (of the total of twenty-two books in this monumental work), Augustine examines the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. Though based on a false religion and a lust for domination, the rise of Rome was nevertheless ordained by God's providence.

Author: Saint Augustine
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 08/26/2008
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.12d
ISBN: 9780813215549