The City of God

By: Saint Aurelius Augustinus

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Written between AD 413 and 426, The City of God is one of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, a book vital to understanding modern Western society. Augustine originally intended it to be an apology for Christianity against the accusation that the Church was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire. Indeed, Augustine produced a great amount of evidence to prove that paganism was responsible for this event. However, by the time the work was finished, the book had taken on a larger theme: a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the conflict between good (the City of God) and evil (the Earthly City). Augustine foresees that, through the will of God, the people of the City of God will eventually win immortality, while those of the Earthly City will suffer destruction.

(P)1995 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“The human mind can understand truth only by thinking, as is clear from Augustine.”

(Saint Thomas Aquinas)

“The City of God is a monumental theology of history…his analysis is timeless and universal.”

(Thomas Merton, Trappist monk, author)

“A Masterpiece of Western culture.”

(Merriam Webster Encyclopedia of Literature)

“[Augustine’s] arguments against utopianism and his defense of the richness of Christian culture remain useful and strong. City of God is, as its final words proclaim itself to be, ‘a giant of a book.’”

(Amazon.com, editorial review)

wonderful!

that was tremendous - that guy ought to be a saint! and so he is. outstanding narration.

Wonderful work!

Most memorable moments: treatise on happiness, mention of miracles during St. Augustine's time, how he used history and the writings of his opponents while appealing little to the Scriptures in order to refute their charges.

This Work is a Blessing to Me

I am in awe of the knowledge and understanding illustrated by Saint Augustine and his ability to present information in vivid detail to the common man in a manner in which most can comprehend.
The narrator was perfect and, I could easily imagine that I was listening to St Augustine himself.

To the extreme '

This book has so much, it could be experienced numerous times and still enlighten! Virtually every subject is addressed.

One very smart man!

Hours of pleasure, learning and growth. Humanity and struggles same and just as real today. Amazing that one had to handwrite and "publish" all copies back then manually. So, this long set of books was copied often enough to influence many in its day and remained an influence for 100s of years to now.