Introduction

This is the second of two episodes on St. Augustine's City of God, a long treatise written between 413 and 427. In this show, we will explore Augustine's central writings on original sin, innate depravity, his interpretations of some controversial portions of the Bible, and what he believed about heaven and hell. While they are dense and meandering, these were the most influential theological writings ever set down by a Christian person after the first century.