The City of God — Book 8 | Saint Augustine | Full Catholic Audiobook

📖 What you’ll hear: The City of God by Saint Augustine | Catholic Audiobook, Book 8 of 22. This audiobook includes the Argument and all 27 chapters of Book Eight. ► Quick Summary: In Book Eight of The City of God, Saint Augustine turns to natural theology and engages especially with the Platonists, whom he considers the philosophers who have come nearest to Christian truth. He examines their understanding of God as incorporeal and unchangeable, the Creator of all things, the source of the light of truth, and the supreme good in whom true blessedness is found. At the same time, Augustine rejects the belief that demons should be worshipped as mediators between gods and human beings. Drawing especially on Apuleius, he argues that beings subject to passions, deception, theatrical obscenities, and magical arts cannot reconcile humanity to the divine or lead the soul to blessedness. He also examines the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus concerning idols and concludes by distinguishing the pagan worship of deified dead men from the Christian honour paid to martyrs: Christians honour the memory of the martyrs, but worship and sacrifice are offered to God alone. ► Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Argument 02:06 Chapter 1 06:01 Chapter 2 11:13 Chapter 3 15:31 Chapter 4 21:14 Chapter 5 29:22 Chapter 6 34:28 Chapter 7 36:23 Chapter 8 41:35 Chapter 9 43:09 Chapter 10 49:03 Chapter 11 53:41 Chapter 12 56:49 Chapter 13 01:01:20 Chapter 14 01:07:02 Chapter 15 01:11:47 Chapter 16 01:15:58 Chapter 17 01:19:57 Chapter 18 01:22:17 Chapter 19 01:27:27 Chapter 20 01:29:21 Chapter 21 01:36:04 Chapter 22 01:39:02 Chapter 23 01:49:02 Chapter 24 02:02:14 Chapter 25 02:03:35 Chapter 26 02:11:21 Chapter 27 02:17:04 Closing ► Attribution: Public-domain 1871 English edition edited by Rev. Marcus Dods, M.A. Book Eight translated by Rev. J. J. Smith. 👉 As you listen: Let Book Eight invite you to reflect on the difference between approaching the truth about God and offering Him true worship. Augustine recognizes the insights of the Platonists, yet reminds us that neither created spirits nor false mediators can lead the soul to eternal blessedness. True worship belongs to the one God, the Creator and source of all goodness. 🔔 Subscribe for more Catholic classics, Scripture readings, and prayer: https://www.youtube.com/@VerbumDeiBiblePrayer?sub_confirmation=1