Augustine,  of Hippo, Saint,  354-430. <br/><br/>
The city of God; 
an abridged version from the translation by Gerald G. Walsh, Demetrius B. Zema, Grace Monahan. With a condensation of the original foreword by Etienne Gilson.  Edited, with an introd., by Vernon J. Bourke. 
 - Garden City, N.Y.:  Image Books Doubleday,  [1958]. 
 - 551 pages,  21 cm. 
 - A Doubleday image book,  D59 .
<br/><br/>Bibliographical footnotes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction by Vernon J. Bourke -- Foreword by Etienne Gilson -- The Problem of a Universal Society -- The City of God and Universal Society -- Christian Wisdom and a World Society -- Part One: The Pagan Gods and Earthly Happiness -- Christianity Did Not Cause the Fall of Rome -- Pagan Gods Never Protected Men's Souls -- Physical Evils Were Not Prevented by the Gods -- Divine Justice and the Growth of the Roman Empire -- Providence and the Greatness of Rome -- Part Two: The Pagan Gods and Future Happiness -- Eternal Life and the Inadequacy of Polytheism -- Criticism of Pagan Natural Theology -- Classical Philosophy and Refined Paganism -- Pagan Deities, Demons, and Christian Angels --Christian Worship Contrasted with Platonic Theology -- Part Three: The Origin of the Two Cities -- Part Four: The Development of the Two Cities --The Two Cities in Early Biblical History -- The City of God from the Flood to King David -- From the Age of the Prophets to Christ's Birth -- The City of Man in Ancient History -- The Ends of the Two Cities -- Philosophy and Christianity on Man's End -- Separation of the Two Cities in the Last Judgment -- End and Punishment of the Earthly City -- The Eternal Bliss of the City of God  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385029101 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>58005717  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kingdom of God--Early works to 1800.<br/>Apologetics--Early works to 1800.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR 65  / .A642 1958 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>239.3