02311cam a22003011  45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720200015000890350018001040400039001220410011001610500022001720820010001941000043002042450228002472600056004753000023005313360026005543370028005803380027006084900033006355040031006685051231006996500041019306500038019718411871PUCPR20240403154205.0740130s1958    nyu      b    000 0 eng    a   58005717   a0385029101  a(OCoLC)785415  aDLCcOTdOCoLCdDLCdBETbspaerda1 aengund00aBR 65b.A642 195800a239.30 aAugustine,cof Hippo, Saint,d354-430.14aThe city of God;can 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.  aGarden City, N.Y.:bImage Books Doubleday,c[1958].  a551 pages,c21 cm.  2rdacontentbtxtatext  2rdamediabnaunmediated  2rdacarrierbncavolume0 aA Doubleday image book,vD59  aBibliographical footnotes.  aIntroduction 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  0aKingdom of GodvEarly works to 1800. 0aApologeticsvEarly works to 1800.