Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2014-04-08 Public domain in the USA. 3982 Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo 354 430 Augustine, Saint Dods, Marcus 1834 1909 Dodds, Marcus The City of God, Volume I Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_God Produced by Douglas L. Alley, III, Charlene Taylor, Joe C and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The City of God, Volume I" by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine is a theological treatise written in the early 5th century. This work is an apology for Christianity following the fall of Rome, addressing the criticisms levied against Christians by pagans who attributed the calamities of the world to their religion. Augustine aims to defend the Christian faith and argue that true prosperity and virtue come from Christ, not from the worship of the Roman gods. The opening of "The City of God" details Augustine's response to pagan accusations that the sack of Rome by the Goths was a result of the Christian prohibition of idol worship. Augustine contends that the calamities experienced by Rome and its populace can be attributed instead to moral corruption and the failings of the pagan gods, drawing on historical examples to bolster his argument. He notes that many who have mocked Christians owe their very lives to the sanctuaries of Christianity during the siege, suggesting that those who survived did so not due to pagan deities but because of divine mercy. The tone of Augustine’s writing is both defensive and instructional, setting the stage for a rigorous philosophical and theological discourse throughout the rest of the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45304/45304-h/images/titlepage.jpg Reading ease score: 53.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Apologetics -- Early works to 1800 Kingdom of God -- Early works to 1800 BR Text Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: History - Ancient Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 1579858 2025-06-18T11:20:21.721772 text/html 1594357 2024-10-24T04:53:58 text/html 587439 2025-06-18T11:20:41.040678 application/epub+zip 606657 2025-06-18T11:20:24.967757 application/epub+zip 606657 2025-06-18T11:20:23.350804 application/epub+zip 994914 2025-06-18T11:20:52.456670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 927968 2025-06-18T11:20:39.162765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 926995 2022-09-20T16:50:03.026118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1357489 2025-06-18T11:20:19.309765 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1337498 2024-10-24T04:53:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17925 2025-06-18T11:20:52.641643 application/rdf+xml 6389 2025-06-18T11:20:23.560758 image/jpeg 1341 2025-06-18T11:20:23.457764 image/jpeg 547514 2025-06-18T11:20:21.849836 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia