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St. Augustine
Saint Augustine, oil on wood panel by Justus of Ghent, c. 1475; in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
St. Augustine’s philosophical treatise, The City of God, is divided into 22 books.1
The structure of the work is organized as follows:
- Books I–X: These books focus on refuting the claims to divine power made by various pagan communities.1
- Books XI–XXII: These final 12 books provide a retelling of the biblical history of humankind, spanning from Genesis to the Last Judgment.1