The sack of Rome was the occasion for

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The sack of Rome in 410 AD was a major event in the history of Christianity, and it prompted Augustine to write his most famous work, The City of God. In this work, Augustine sought to reassure Christians that the disaster was not a sign of God's abandonment of them, and that the true "City of God" was not the earthly Rome but the spiritual community of believers. The sack of Rome did not lead to the pope's flight to North Africa, concessions to Gnosticism, rethinking of the hierarchy of the Roman Church, or the writing of the Confessions of Saint Augustine (which had already been written by that time).

The Sack of Rome Was the Occasion for