"In this work, traditionally translated as On Christian Doctrine, Augustine combines the pedagogical methods he learned from Greek and Roman writings with the c

This authoritative English-language commentary discusses Books 1-5, in which Augustine argued that Rome suffered worse disasters before Christianity was known;

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 compre

The book presents human history as being a conflict between what Augustine calls the City of Man and the City of God, a conflict that is destined to end in vict