The City of God

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Christian philosophical work Christian theological work Latin literature book

The City of God is a foundational Christian philosophical and theological work by St. Augustine that contrasts the earthly city with the heavenly city and profoundly shaped Western thought on history, politics, and religion.

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De civitate Dei	3
De civitate Dei contra paganos	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian philosophical work ⓘ Christian theological work ⓘ Latin literature ⓘ book ⓘ
argument	earthly political orders are transient ⓘ history is directed by divine providence ⓘ true happiness is found only in the heavenly city ⓘ
author	Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ surface form: Saint Augustine
centralConcept	City of God ⓘ divine providence ⓘ earthly city ⓘ just war ⓘ ordered love ⓘ original sin ⓘ two cities ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
dateWritten	c. 413–426 ⓘ early 5th century ⓘ
follows	Confessions ⓘ
genre	Christian philosophy ⓘ apologetics ⓘ theology ⓘ
hasPart	Book I ⓘ Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book 9 ⓘ surface form: Book IX Book V ⓘ Book VI ⓘ Book VII ⓘ Book 8 ⓘ surface form: Book VIII Book 7 ⓘ surface form: Book X Book XI ⓘ Book XII ⓘ Book 13 ⓘ surface form: Book XIII Book 14 ⓘ surface form: Book XIV Book 19 ⓘ surface form: Book XIX Book XV ⓘ Book 16 ⓘ surface form: Book XVI Book 17 ⓘ surface form: Book XVII Book XVIII ⓘ Book XX ⓘ Book 21 ⓘ surface form: Book XXI Book 22 ⓘ surface form: Book XXII
influenced	Reformation theology ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas Western Christian theology ⓘ medieval political thought ⓘ philosophy of history in the West ⓘ political theology ⓘ
keyTheme	contrast between earthly city and heavenly city ⓘ destiny of human societies ⓘ nature of true justice ⓘ relationship between church and empire ⓘ role of the Roman Empire in salvation history ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
numberOfBooks	22 ⓘ
originalTitle	The City of God self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: De civitate Dei
structure	first part critiques paganism ⓘ later books develop Christian philosophy of history ⓘ
subject	Christian apologetics ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ church and state ⓘ eschatology ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ political theology ⓘ problem of evil ⓘ
writtenInResponseTo	pagan criticism of Christianity ⓘ sack of Rome in 410 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: De civitate Dei

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subject surface form: The City of God

this entity surface form: De civitate Dei

The City of God → originalTitle → The City of God self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: De civitate Dei