{"product_id":"city-of-god-volume-ii-books-4-7-latin","title":"City Of God Volume Ii Books 4 7 Latin By Augustine,","description":"A Church Father’s theological citadel.   Aurelius  Augustine (AD  354–430), one of the most important figures in the  development of  western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a  pagan, Patricius  of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica. While  studying to become a  rhetorician, he plunged into a turmoil of  philosophical and  psychological doubts, leading him to Manichaeism. In  383 he moved to  Rome and then Milan to teach rhetoric. Despite exploring  classical  philosophical systems, especially skepticism and  Neoplatonism, his  studies of Paul’s letters with his friend Alypius, and  the preaching of  Bishop Ambrose, led in 386 to his momentous conversion  from mixed  beliefs to Christianity. He soon returned to Tagaste and  founded a  religious community, and in 395 or 396 became bishop of Hippo.   From Augustine’s large output the Loeb Classical Library offers that great autobiography the Confessions (in two volumes); On the City of God  (seven volumes), which unfolds God’s action in the progress of the  world’s history, and propounds the superiority of Christian beliefs over  pagan in adversity; and a selection of Letters which are important for the study of ecclesiastical theologians.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57645665485182,"sku":"NW9780674994539","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780674994539.jpg?v=1783282952","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/city-of-god-volume-ii-books-4-7-latin","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}