The Augustine of Hippo, Saint 354-430 creator text bibliography nyu Garden City, N.Y Image Books Doubleday [1958] 1958 monographic eng und

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551 pages, 21 cm. 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 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. Bibliographical footnotes. Kingdom of God Early works to 1800 Apologetics Early works to 1800 BR 65 .A642 1958 239.3 0385029101 58005717 DLC 740130 20240403154205.0 8411871 spa