The Two Cities

Augustine's central framework distinguishing the City of God (heavenly, oriented toward eternal beatitude) from the earthly city (driven by self-love and pride), originating in the angelic fall and extending through human history to the final judgment.

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Zusammenfassungen

The City of God, Volume I

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint

When Rome burned, Augustine answered pagan accusations with a sweeping theology of two cities—divine and earthly—that reframed the meaning of history itself, locating the true City of God not in empire but in the fellowship of souls oriented toward eternal beatitude.

The Two Cities 192 min