City of God, The

noun

Latin De Civitate Dei a work in 22 books (a.d. 413–26) by St. Augustine of Hippo, expounding an early Christian view of society and history.

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His great work "De Civitate Dei," "the highest expression of his thought," engaged him for seventeen years.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King Eley
The sixtieth book is a commentary on a part of Augustin de Civitate Dei.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 | Henry Hallam
For instances, see the utmost incredible account in De Civitate Dei vi.
Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom | T. W. Allies

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