City Of Caesar City Of God

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When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. For the first time, this book investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence, initiatives by the Church, and projects of individuals turned Constantinople and Jerusalem into important realms of identification and spaces of representation. Distinguished international scholars investigate this fascinating development, focusing on aspects of art, ceremony, religion, ideology, and imperial rule. In enriching our understanding of the entangled history of Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, City of Caesar, City of God illuminates the transition between Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages.

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Genre : History
Author : Konstantin M. Klein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release : 2022-12-05
File : 372 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783110718447


The City Of God

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One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian philosophy, The City of God provides an insightful interpretation of the development of modern Western society and the origin of most Western thought. Contrasting earthly and heavenly cities--representing the omnipresent struggle between good and evil--Augustine explores human history in its relation to all eternity. In Thomas Merton's words, "The City of God is the autobiography of the Church written by the most Catholic of her great saints." This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition is a complete and unabridged version of the Marcus Dods translation.

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Genre : Religion
Author : St. Augustine
Publisher : Modern Library
Release : 2010-12-15
File : 929 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780307764768


The City Of God

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Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
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Release : 1888
File : 600 Pages
ISBN-13 : COLUMBIA:50232607


Npnf1 02 St Augustine S City Of God And Christian Doctrine

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Publisher : CCEL
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File : 1451 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781610250498


The City Of God Volume I

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Saint Augustine
Publisher : Litres
Release : 2021-12-02
File : 892 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9785040755400


The City Of God Volumes I Ii

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One of Augustine's most famous works, this book tells of the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the holy and righteous City of God from the ashes. While building a utopia much like The Republic does, Augustine uses sound theology to build the foundations of the cities morals and lawful authority. Many theologies, especially within the Catholic tradition, owe their beginnings to the teachings of Augustine and this work is one of the starts of the field. This is a revised version of Devoted Publishing's 1st edition of this work.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Aurelius Augustine
Publisher : Lulu.com
Release : 2017-10-24
File : 458 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781773561592


City Of God City Of Satan

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Why is the city a battleground of hostile principalities and powers? What is the mission of the church in the city? How can the church be supported in accomplishing that mission? These are the questions that Robert Linthicum treats in his comprehensive and probing biblical theology of the city. In the Bible the city is depicted both as a dwelling place of God and his people and as a center of power for Satan and his minions. The city is one primary stage on which the drama of salvation is played out. And that is no less the case at the end of this pivotal century as megacities become the focal point of most human activity and aspirations around the world. This is a timely theology of the city that weaves the theological images of the Bible and the social realities of the contemporary world into a revealing tapestry of truths about the urban experience. Its purpose is to define clearly the mission of the church in the midst of the urban realities and to support well the work of the church in the urban world.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Robert C. Linthicum
Publisher : Zondervan
Release : 2011-03-01
File : 338 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780310877356


The City Of God

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Genre : Christianity
Author : Andrew Martin Fairbairn
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Release : 1886
File : 390 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:AH47QD


Augustine S City Of God

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The City of God is the most influential of Augustine's works, which played a decisive role in the formation of the Christian West. This book is the first comprehensive modern guide to it in any language. The City of God's scope embodies cosmology, psychology, political thought, anti-pagan polemic, Christian apologetic, theory of history, biblical interpretation, and apocalyptic themes. This book is, therefore, at once about a single masterpiece and at the same time surveys Augustine's developing views through the whole range of his thought. The book is written in the form of a detailed running commentary on each part of the work. Further chapters elucidate the early fifth-century political, social, historical, and literary background, the work's sources, and its place in Augustine's writings.The book should prove of value to Augustine's wide readership among students of late antiquity, theologians, philosophers, medievalists, Renaissance scholars, and historians of art and iconography.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Gerard O'Daly
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Release : 1999-04-02
File : 338 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780191591167


The City Of God

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"The human mind can understand truth only by thinking, as is clear from Augustine." --Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and this book is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defense of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a citizenship that transcends worldly politics and will last for eternity, this book is one of the most influential documents in the development of Christianity. One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, "The City of God "is vital to an understanding of modern Western society and how it came into being. Begun in A.D. 413, the book's initial purpose was to refute the charge that Christianity was to blame for the fall of Rome (which had occurred just three years earlier). Indeed, Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, over the next thirteen years that it took to complete the work, the brilliant ecclesiastic proceeded to his larger theme: a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil. By means of his contrast of the earthly and heavenly cities--the one pagan, self-centered, and contemptuous of God and the other devout, God-centered, and in search of grace--Augustine explored and interpreted human history in relation to eternity.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Release : 2009
File : 828 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781598563375