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City of God

Saint Augustine of Hippo · the golden age of the Fathers · 22 parts

City of God, by Saint Augustine of Hippo, writing in the golden age of the Fathers, given here in 22 parts.

Parts

City of God — Book 1 (St. Augustine) · 72 paragraphsArgument—Augustin censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the recent sack of Rome by the Goths, to the…
City of God — Book 2 (St. Augustine) · 65 paragraphsBook II. ———————————— Argument—In this book Augustin reviews those calamities which the Romans suffered before the time of Christ, and while the…
City of God — Book 3 (St. Augustine) · 68 paragraphsBook III. ———————————— Argument—As in the foregoing book Augustin has proved regarding moral and spiritual calamities, so in this book he proves…
City of God — Book 4 (St. Augustine) · 65 paragraphsBook IV. ———————————— Argument—In this book it is proved that the extent and long duration of the Roman empire is to be ascribed, not to Jove or the…
City of God — Book 5 (St. Augustine) · 79 paragraphsArgument—Augustin first discusses the doctrine of fate, for the sake of confuting those who are disposed to refer to fate the power and increase of…
City of God — Book 6 (St. Augustine) · 47 paragraphsBook VI. ———————————— Argument—Hitherto the argument has been conducted against those who believe that the gods are to be worshipped for the sake of…
City of God — Book 7 (St. Augustine) · 73 paragraphsBook VII. ———————————— Argument—In this book it is shown that eternal life is not obtained by the worship of Janus, Jupiter, Saturn, and the other…
City of God — Book 8 (St. Augustine) · 75 paragraphsBook VIII. ———————————— Argument—Augustin comes now to the third kind of theology, that is, the natural, and takes up the question, whether the…
City of God — Book 9 (St. Augustine) · 44 paragraphsBook IX. ———————————— Argument—Having in the preceding book shown that the worship of demons must be abjured, since they in a thousand ways proclaim…
City of God — Book 10 (St. Augustine) · 83 paragraphsArgument—In this book Augustin teaches that the good angels wish God alone, whom they themselves serve, to receive that divine honor which is…
City of God — Book 11 (St. Augustine) · 72 paragraphsBook XI. ———————————— Argument—Here begins the second partof this work, which treats of the origin, history, and destinies of the two cities, the…
City of God — Book 12 (St. Augustine) · 64 paragraphsBook XII. ———————————— Argument—Augustin first institutes two inquiries regarding the angels; namely, whence is there in some a good, and in others…
City of God — Book 13 (St. Augustine) · 60 paragraphsBook XIII. ———————————— Argument—In this book it is taught that death is penal, and had its origin in Adam’s sin. Of the Fall of the First Man,…
City of God — Book 14 (St. Augustine) · 73 paragraphsBook XIV. ———————————— Argument—Augustin again treats of the sin of the first man, and teaches that it is the cause of the carnal life and vicious…
City of God — Book 15 (St. Augustine) · 86 paragraphsBook XV. ———————————— Argument—Having treated in the four preceding books of the origin of the two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, Augustin…
City of God — Book 16 (St. Augustine) · 96 paragraphsBook XVI. ———————————— Argument—In the former part of this book, from the first to the twelfth chapter, the progress of the two cities, the earthly…
City of God — Book 17 (St. Augustine) · 82 paragraphsBook XVII. ———————————— Argument—In this book the history of the city of God is traced during the period of the kings and prophets from Samuel to…
City of God — Book 18 (St. Augustine) · 121 paragraphsBook XVIII. ———————————— Argument—Augustin traces the parallel courses of the earthly and heavenly cities from the time of Abraham to the end of the…
City of God — Book 19 (St. Augustine) · 84 paragraphsBook XIX. ———————————— Argument—In this book the end of the two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, is discussed. Augustin reviews the opinions of…
City of God — Book 20 (St. Augustine) · 109 paragraphsBook XX. ———————————— Argument—Concerning the last judgment, and the declarations regarding it in the old and new testaments. Chapter 1.—That…
City of God — Book 21 (St. Augustine) · 91 paragraphsBook XXI. ———————————— Argument—Of the end reserved for the city of the devil, namely, the eternal punishment of the damned; and of the arguments…
City of God — Book 22 (St. Augustine) · 117 paragraphsBook XXII. ———————————— Argument—This book treats of the end of the city of God, that is to say, of the eternal happiness of the saints; the faith of…

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