The City of God, Volume I

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After the sack of Rome in 410, pagans blamed Christianity for the fall of the empire, and Augustine answered them with one of the most influential works in Western thought. In this first volume he dismantles Rome's pagan religion and its claims to virtue, contrasting the transient glory of earthly kingdoms with the eternal community of the faithful. Ranging across history, philosophy, and Scripture, Augustine lays the foundation for his vast vision of two cities—one built on love of self, the other on love of God. A cornerstone of Christian theology and political philosophy.

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