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A 6 page paper which examines the
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philosophers had never had. This comes out particularly as he reflects on the fall of Rome all around him" (Anonymous St. Augustine: The Two Cities, 2001; two_cities.htm). Such philosophical and
theological doctrines are defined "in terms of the two cities: Rome (or the new Babylon), which symbolizes all that is worldly, and Jerusalem (the city of heaven), which symbolizes the
Christian community. Our world was created in the beginning, fell away from God, and then was redeemed by Christ; thus Augustine sees the world in which he lives as a
mixture of the two cities" (Anonymous St. Augustine: The Two Cities, 2001; two_cities.htm). Bearing this simple position in mind we present the following paper which offers an overview of
St. Augustines perceptions concerning the two cities. The Two Cities St. Augustine believed that the temporal city of this world would eventually perish, and would ultimately give way
to the eternal city. "As he introduces this idea, he draws on Pauls notion of the fall of mankind derived from the rebellion of Adam and Eve to explain how
the lesser, flawed city came into being" (Anonymous St. Augustine: The Two Cities, 2001; two_cities.htm). He often stressed that the conditions of his time period would see the end
of the one city, the city of man, and the reign of another, the city of God. One author states the following in helping to detail St. Augustines notions on
the two cities more clearly: "The City of God contrasts two cities: the City of God and the City of Man. He taught that the City of Man -- that
is, Rome -- was evil and destined to decline and fall" (Anonymous Lecture 16, 2001; lecture16b.html). Augustine believed that he was seeing this with his own eyes, and not looking
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