The City of God, Volume II
The second volume of The City of God contains Books XIV to XXII, the latter half of the work Augustine wrote between 413 and 426 in answer to those who blamed Christianity for the sack of Rome. Having traced the two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, from their origins, he here follows them through the history of Israel and the nations, examines what the prophets foretold, describes the final judgment, the punishment of the wicked and the resurrection of the body, and ends with the peace of the heavenly city. Along the way he considers the Fall, sexuality, the nature of time and whether the pagan philosophers had any foreknowledge of Christian truth. The translation is by Marcus Dods. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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