Project Gutenberg 2014-04-08 Public domain in the USA. 1218 Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo 354 430 Augustine, Saint Dods, Marcus 1834 1909 Dodds, Marcus The City of God, Volume II 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 II" by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine is a theological work written in the early 5th century. The book addresses the foundation of Christian doctrine, contrasting the City of God with the earthly city based on sin and moral decay. It delves into humanity's fall, original sin, and the implications of these ideas on the understanding of human society, worship, and moral behavior. The opening of the text establishes a framework for Augustine's argument, initiating with discussions on the sin of the first man and its repercussions on human nature and relationships. He emphasizes the catastrophic consequences of disobedience to God, asserting that original sin corrupted humanity's nature and led to a division between those who live according to the flesh and those who aspire to live according to the Spirit. Various points are made about the nature of sin, the workings of human will, and the theological significance of suffering and pleasure, setting the stage for a profound examination of moral philosophies and divine grace throughout the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45305/45305-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Apologetics -- Early works to 1800 Kingdom of God -- Early works to 1800 BR Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 2120994 2120993 2024-09-19T05:18:19.642892 2023-09-19T16:29:35.710071 text/html text/html 1984824 2014-04-08T13:09:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 584741 2014-04-08T13:10:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 635528 2024-09-19T05:18:50.391209 application/epub+zip 657713 2024-09-19T05:18:25.270827 application/epub+zip 657714 2024-09-19T05:18:22.057866 application/epub+zip 1171718 2024-09-19T05:19:06.479137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1057781 2024-09-19T05:18:47.314738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1058173 2022-09-20T16:51:02.295085 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1436206 2024-09-19T05:18:13.973917 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1435048 2014-04-08T13:09:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 500144 2014-04-08T13:10:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1435757 2014-04-08T13:10:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 499089 2014-04-08T13:10:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1435881 2014-04-08T13:10:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 498947 2014-04-08T13:10:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22574 2024-09-19T05:19:06.665122 application/rdf+xml 6249 2024-09-19T05:18:22.716854 image/jpeg 1408 2024-09-19T05:18:22.387835 image/jpeg 601458 2024-09-19T05:18:19.785838 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia