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“The City of God” (De Civitate Dei) is one of St. Augustine’s most influential theological works, written between 413 and 426 CE, largely in response to the fall of Rome to the Visigoths in 410. The book addresses questions about the role of Christianity in the world, the meaning of history, and the relationship between the church and the state. It is divided into 22 books and aims to defend Christianity against accusations that it was responsible for Rome’s decline, while also providing a Christian vision of history and human society.
Following the sack of Rome, many Romans blamed Christianity for the empire’s collapse, arguing that the abandonment of traditional Roman gods had led to divine punishment. Augustine wrote The City of God to counter these claims and to offer a Christian understanding of history. He presented a theological framework that reinterpreted both the past and the future, emphasizing the distinction between the “City of God” and the “City of Man.”
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