The great G-d has let the king know what will be after this, and the dream is true, and its interpretation is reliable.

Augustine originally intended it to be an apology for Christianity against the accusation that the Church was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire, which had occurred just three years earlier.Indeed, Augustine produced a great amount of evidence to prove that paganism was responsible for this event. D. 413 and 426, The City of God is one of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, a book which is vital to the understanding of modern Western society. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Michele Metych. WE DID NOT IDENTIFY THESE PLACES WITH EDOM but rather with an Edomite presence that could have (or have had) importance. Esau’s descendants eventually dominated the southern lands and made their living by agriculture and trade.

With the rise of the Roman Empire, an Idumaean whose father had converted to Judaism was named king of Judea.However, Paine's position is not one of atheism, and he begins the book with a declaration of faith in one god.