The City of God, Volume IBooks I–XIII, translated by Marcus Dods
The City of God, Volume I
Books I–XIII, translated by Marcus Dods
Augustine of Hippo · 426 · Religion & Faith
Full text · 13 chaptersNarrated in your voice
What it's about
Rome has fallen to the Goths and pagans blame the Christians. Augustine answers with a history of two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, that shaped Western thought for a thousand years. Books I to XIII, in Dods's translation.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Readers of the Confessions ready for Augustine's great argument - Students of history, politics and the Christian West - Anyone asking how faith should live in a failing empire
