Wallace Jungers

Augustine Latine Wallace Jungers

'Gloriosissiman civitatem Dei, Most glorious is the City of God, Sive in hoc temporum cursu, Whether in this passing age, Cum inter impios peregrinatur ex fide vivens, Where she wanders, a foreigner, living by faith among the impious, Sive in illa stabilitate sedis aeternae--Or in the stability of that eternal seat--Deinceps adeptura per excellentiamWherein she will possess par excellence Victoria ultima et pace perfecta.'Ultimate victory and perfect peace.'(De Civitate Dei, Praefatio) Thus Augustine begins his greatest book of all, the work that was one of the greatest influences for Christianity on the whole of Western civilization. All of my life, I have avoided reading the 'City if God', written by St. Augustine in 413 A. D.; until recently, that is. Now I am fascinated at the Latin words of this great Christian, who has provided the Western world with a masterpiece of intellectual achievement.