Book V

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Book V is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," in which he develops key arguments about divine providence, history, and the nature of earthly and heavenly kingdoms.

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instanceOf book section ⓘ
part of theological work ⓘ
addressesAudience Christians troubled by political upheaval ⓘ
Roman intellectuals ⓘ
arguesAgainst astrological determinism ⓘ
attributing Roman greatness to pagan gods ⓘ
pagan belief in fate ⓘ
author Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
discusses Christian rulers and political authority ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
moral responsibility under divine providence ⓘ
relationship between virtue and political success ⓘ
rise and fall of earthly powers ⓘ
genre Christian philosophy ⓘ
apologetics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Christian doctrines of providence ⓘ
later philosophy of history ⓘ
medieval political thought ⓘ
historicalSettingDiscussed Roman imperial history ⓘ
influencedBy Biblical theology ⓘ
Greco-Roman philosophy ⓘ
keyConcept compatibility of divine foreknowledge and free will ⓘ
contingency of historical events ⓘ
providence versus fate ⓘ
two cities: earthly and heavenly ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainTheme Christian view of political power ⓘ
God’s governance of temporal events ⓘ
critique of pagan fate ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
earthly and heavenly kingdoms ⓘ
history and providence ⓘ
partOf The City of God ⓘ
philosophicalContext late antique Christian response to pagan criticism ⓘ
philosophicalIssue determinism versus freedom ⓘ
problem of evil in history ⓘ
positionInWork early book in The City of God ⓘ
religiousPerspective Christian Platonism ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
setsUp later contrast between City of God and earthly city in the work ⓘ
supportsView God governs all events by providence ⓘ
earthly kingdoms are transient ⓘ
human free will is compatible with divine providence ⓘ
true happiness is found only in the heavenly city ⓘ
workContext written after the sack of Rome in 410 ⓘ
workType prose ⓘ

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The City of God → hasPart → Book V ⓘ