Augustine: De Civitate Dei VI & VII - City of God

De Civitate Dei VI VII. This edition of St Augustines City of God 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. Books VI and VII focus on the figure of Terentius Varro a man revered by Augustines pagan contemporaries. By exploiting Varros learned researches on Roman religion, Augustine

Product details

• Authors: Augustine, P. G. Walsh
• Assisted by: P. G. Walsh (Editor), P. G. Walsh (Translation)
• Publisher: Aris & Phillips
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2010
• EAN: 9780856688782
• ISBN: 978-0-85668-878-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Aris and Phillips Classical Te
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity