5/13/2023 0 Comments City of God by Augustine of Hippo![]() He also pours scorn on pagan religious ritual, in which pagans placate the gods with theatrical performances that Augustine sees as lascivious and immoral. ![]() Drawing on extensive study, he provides a thorough examination of the pre-Christian history of Rome, which was just as full of disasters, tragedies, plagues, murders, and calamities as post-Christian Rome, and wonders why pagans don’t accuse their own gods of neglect. In City of God, Augustine replies to these accusations not only by pointing out their inconsistency, but by mounting an attack on pagan religion-and providing a contrasting account of the consolations and truthfulness of Christianity.īooks 1-10 of Augustine’s argument examine the pagan system and finds it both ludicrous and self-evidently unhelpful. In the aftermath of a disastrous and unprecedented attack on Rome by the Vandals, many Roman citizens blamed Christians, saying that the pagan gods demanded sacrifice and worship that the Christian population denied them. ![]() Please note that this guide covers only Part 1 (Books 1-10) of the 22 books of City of God.īegun in 413 AD, only a few years after the Sack of Rome, City of God is Augustine’s rejoinder to pagan misconceptions of Christianity. ![]()
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