The City of God, Books I–VII

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THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION VOLUME 8 THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION EDITORIAL BOARD Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M. The Catholic University of America Press Editorial Director Robert P. Russell, O.S.A. Villanova University Thomas P. Halton The Catholic University of America Robert Sider Dickinson College Sister M. Josephine Brennan, I.H.M. Marywood College FORMER EDITORIAL DIRECTORS Ludwig Schopp, Roy J. Deferrari, Bernard M. Peebles Richard Talaska Editorial Assistant SAINT AUGUSTINE THE CITY OF GOD BOOKS I-VII Translated by DEMETRIUS B. ZEMA, S.J_ and GERALD G. WALSH, S.J. With an introduction by ETIENNE GILSON The Catholic University of America Press Washington D. C. NIHIL OBSTAT: IMPRIMATUR: JOHN M. A. FEARNS, S.T.D. Censor Librorum III FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN Archbishop of New York December 19, 1949 The Nihil obstat and Imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the Nihil obstat and Imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions or statements expressed. ISBN-13: 978-0-8132-1554-9 (pbk) Copyright 1950 by THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS, INC. All rights reserved Reprinted, 1962, 1984, 1990 First paperback reprint 2008 WRITINGS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE VOLUME 6 ...