Augustine: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Augustine is one of the leading theologians of the Latin church, whose famous "Confessions" and "City of God" are mainstays of Catholic high school and college theology courses. This is the other Augustine, swimming in the water's of Roman Imperial power, even if these waters are growing more shallow every passing year. By his life's end, Augustine will see "barbarians" dissect his beloved Empire, and it is clear that it is his Empire. His conscience is not at all pricked when he calls out for the troops to protect his recently established Latin orthodoxy from various heretics. Every reader of the "Confessions" should read this very telling tome.