What is The City of God?
{{italic title}} [[File:Augustinus - De civitate Dei, circa 1483 - 434232 a1r.jpg|thumb|''De civitate Dei'', 1483]] '''''The City of God''''' is a work of [[Christian theology]]. It was written by [[Augustine of Hippo]] in [[Latin]] in the early 5th century. The work's full title is '''On the city of God against the pagans''' (Latin: ''Dē cīvitāte Deī contrā pāgānōs''). It is made up of 22 books. Augustine began to write it in 412 or 413. He finished it sometime between 422 and 429.<ref>{{cite web|first=James J.|last=O'Donnell|year=1983|url=https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/augustine/civ.html|title=Augustine, ''City of God''|publisher=Georgetown University|accessdate=2019-12-26}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/august.html Latin text] *[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45304 English translation by Marcus Dods] *[http://m.sparknotes.com/philosophy/augustine/section2.rhtml SparkNotes: The City of God] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231236/http://m.sparknotes.com/philosophy/augustine/section2.rhtml |date=2016-03-04 }} {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:City of God}} [[Category:Christian theology]] [[Category:Christian texts]] [[Category:5th-century books]]