Category: History - Ancient
The City of God, Volume I
Of the following Work, Books IV. XVII. and XVIII. have been translated by the Rev. GEORGE WILSON, Glenluce; Books V. VI. VII. and VIII. by the Rev. J. J. SMITH.
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13. BOOK XIII.
"Rome having been stormed and sacked by the Goths under Alaric their king,[1] the worshippers of false gods, or pagans, as we commonly call them, made an attempt to attribute th...
1. VOLUME I.2. VOLUME I.Of the following Work, Books IV. XVII. and XVIII. have been translated by the Rev. GEORGE WILSON, Glenluce; Books V. VI. VII. and VIII. by the Rev. J. J. SMITH.
3. BOOK I.Augustine censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the sack of Rome by the Goths, to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the wor...
11. BOOK XI.Augustine passes to the second part of the work, in which the origin, progress, and destinies of the earthly and heavenly cities are discussed.--Speculations regarding the creat...
9. BOOK VIII.4. BOOK II.7. BOOK VI.8. BOOK VII.6. BOOK V.5. BOOK IV.10. BOOK IX.12. BOOK XII.