Augustine

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Translated with an uncanny sense for the overall point of Augustine's doctrine. In short, a very good translation. The Introduction is admirably clear.--Paul Vincent Spade, Indiana University

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Magisterial pedagogy. Aurelius Augustine (AD 354430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica. While studying to become a rh

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Correspondence of a Church Father. Aurelius Augustine (AD 354430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica. While studying t

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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, wr

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In Books IV of De Civitate Dei , Augustine rejects the claim that worship of the pagan gods had brought success in this life, and in Books VIX, the prospect of a happy afterlife. In Books XIXII, Augustine turns from attack to defence, for at this point he