Download or read book The City of God (100 Copy Collector's Edition) written by Saint Augustine and published by Sapling Books. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The City of God is a book of Christian philosophy presenting human history as a conflict between what Augustine calls the Earthly City and the City of God-a conflict that is destined to end in victory for the latter. As a work of one of the most influential Church Fathers, The City of God is a cornerstone of Western thought.