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De civitate Dei

Augustine ; edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by P.G. Walsh ; ed. Isabella Image and Christopher Collard

(Classical texts)

Liverpool University Press, 2018

  • books XV & XVI : cased

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The city of God books XV & XVI

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Parallel Latin text and English translation, with English introduction and notes

"Abbreviation & bibliography": p. v

Includes indexes

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Description

The volume continues P. G. Walsh's admired translation with commentary of Augustine's The City of God Books I-XIV which have been published in eight earlier volumes between 2003 and 2016, and this ninth volume in the collection looks at books XV and XVI. After completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei, in which Augustine sought to refute the claim that pagan deities had ensured that Rome enjoyed unbroken success and prosperity in this life and guaranteed its citizens a blessed life after death, Augustine devoted the remaining twelve books to discuss the origins, development and destiny of the two cities of Babylon and Jerusalem, with the predominant emphasis on the city of God. This is the only edition of these books in English which provides not only a text but also a detailed commentary on one of the most influential documents in the history of western Christianity. Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.

Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations and Bibliography INTRODUCTION NOTES TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK XV TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK XVI COMMENTARY ON BOOK XV COMMENTARY ON BOOK XVI Indices

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