# The City of God, Volume I

**by Augustine of Hippo** · Philosophy · Free public-domain eBook

The City of God, Volume I by Augustine of Hippo is a public-domain philosophy work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Apologetics, Early works to 1800. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions.

**Read it free:** https://mybookpdf.com/read/the-city-of-god-volume-i
**Canonical URL:** https://mybookpdf.com/read/the-city-of-god-volume-i
**License:** content is public domain; this page is [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit MyBookPDF.com when citing.

## Download free (no registration)

- [EPUB](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45304.epub3.images)
- [PDF](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45304/pg45304.pdf)
- [Kindle](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45304.kf8.images)
- [Plain text](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45304/pg45304.txt)

## Opening of The City of God, Volume I

Augustine censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the sack of Rome by the Goths, to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the gods, 1

A review of the calamities suffered by the Romans before the time of Christ, showing that their gods had plunged them into corruption and vice, 48

That empire was given to Rome not by the gods, but by the One True God, 135

Of fate, freewill, and God's prescience, and of the source of the virtues of the ancient Romans, 177

Of Varro's threefold division of theology, and of the inability of the gods to contribute anything to the happiness of the future life, 228

Of the "select gods" of the civil theology, and that eternal life is not obtained by worshipping them, 258

[Continue reading The City of God, Volume I free →](https://mybookpdf.com/reader?id=the-city-of-god-volume-i)

## Audiobook & print

As an Amazon Associate, MyBookPDF earns from qualifying purchases. The City of God, Volume I is free to read and download above; these are optional:

- [Listen on Audible (free trial)](https://www.amazon.com/hz/audible/arya/mlp?purchaseType=MTRIAL&linkCode=ll2&tag=mybookpdfcom-20&linkId=62eb63fb0ae4b282f7c003ee7f5ed54f&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
- [Buy a physical copy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096TRXHXK?tag=mybookpdfcom-20)
- [Listen free on LibriVox](https://librivox.org/search?title=The%20City%20of%20God%2C%20Volume%20I&author=Augustine%20of%20Hippo&status=complete&search_form=advanced)

More: [The City of God, Volume I summary](https://mybookpdf.com/summary?id=the-city-of-god-volume-i) · [books like The City of God, Volume I](https://mybookpdf.com/similar?id=the-city-of-god-volume-i) · [more by Augustine of Hippo](https://mybookpdf.com/author/augustine-of-hippo)

---
_Generated from MyBookPDF.com. HTML view: https://mybookpdf.com/read/the-city-of-god-volume-i_