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Augustine, London
, 1954, 1980
     
E. Teselle,
Augustine the Theologian
, New York, 1970
     
F. van der Meer,
Augustine the Bishop
, London and New York, 1961
     
3.
On the City of God
     
R. H. Barrow,
Introduction to St Augustine, The City of God
, London, 1950 (selections in Latin and English, with an analysis and a running commentary)
     
N. H. Baynes, The Political Ideas
of St Augustine’s De Civitate Dei
, London, 1936
     
Bibliothèque Augustinienne, vols 33–37,
La Cité de Dieu
, Paris, 1959–60 (the most useful modern edition)
     
S. Burleigh,
The City of God. A Study of St Augustine’s Philosophy
, London, 1950
     
H. A. Deane,
The Political and Social Ideas of St Augustine
, London and New York, 1963
     
J. N. Figgis,
The Political Aspects of St Augustine’s City of God
, London (reprinted 1963)
     
J. C. Guy,
Unité et structure logique de la ‘Cité de Dieu’ de Saint Augustin
, Paris, 1961
     
H. I. Marrou,
Théologie de l’histoire
, Paris, 1968
     
J. J. O’Meara,
Charter of Christendom
, London, 1967
     
J. E. C. Welldon,
S. Aurelii Augustini… De Civitate Dei
…, 2 vols London, 1924 (the only annotated edition in English with full notes and a useful introduction and appendices)
     

Translator’s Note
     
    T HE text I have used is the Teubner text of Bernard Dombart and Alphonse Kalb (fourth edition 1928–9) reprinted, with some correction, in the
series Corpus Christianoratn
(Turnhout, 1955). In a very few places I have adopted a variant reading; but I have not thought it necessary to mark these places.
    Quotations from Scripture are not taken from any standard version. It often happens that St Augustine’s argument depends on an interpretation which differs from that of any of the existing English translations; and for this reason I have used my own versions, thus giving myself freedom to allow St Augustine to make his points, without having recourse to footnotes.
     
    Our author is pleased, on occasion, to air his somewhat scanty knowledge of the Greek language; and where he quotes in that tongue, I have transliterated the words, with the usual indication of long vowels.
     
    It will be observed that Augustine referring to St Paul, generally follows the convention of the Church Fathers in designating him ‘the Apostle’.
     
    H.B.
     

Abbreviations Used in References
     
    A. To Books
of Scripture
     
Gen.     Genesis.
     
Zeph.     Zephaniah
     
Exod.     Exodus.
     
Hagg.     Haggai
     
Lev.     Leviticus
     
Zech.     Zechariah
     
Num.     Numbers
     
Mal.     Malachi
     
Deut.     Deuteronomy
     
Esdr.     Esdras
     
Josh.     Joshua
     
Tob.     Tobit
     
Judg.     Judges
     
Wisd.     Wisdom
     
Sam.     Samuel
     
Ecclus.     Ecclesiasticus
     
Chron.     Chronicles
     
Bar.     Baruch
     
Ps.     Psalms
     
Matt.     Matthew
     
Prov.     Proverbs
     
Rom.     Romans
     
Eccl.     Ecclesiastes
     
Cor.     Corinthians
     
S.of S.     The Song of Songs
     
Gal.     Galatians
     
Is.     Isaiah
     
Eph.     Ephesians
     
Jer.     Jeremiah
     
Phil.     Philippians
     
Lam.     Lamentations
     
Col.     Colossians
     
Ez.     Ezekiel
     
Thess.     Thessalonians
     
Dan.     Daniel
     
Tim.     Timothy
     
Hos.     Hosea
     
Tit.     Titus
     
Am.     Amos
     
Hebr.     Hebrews
     
Obad.     Obadiah
     
Jas.     James
     
Jon.     Jonah
     
Pet.     Peter
     
Mic.     Micah
     
Jud.     Jude
     
Nah.     Nahum
     
Rev.     Revelation
     
Hab.     Habakkuk
     
LXX The Septuagint: the Greek Version of the Old Testament, produced in Alexandria in the second century B.C.
     
Vulg. The Vulgate: the Latin version of the Bible (
editio vulgata
), compiled by St Jerome; completed
c
. 404. St Augustine’s Bible was one of the ‘Old Latin Versions’.