On the City of God:
A) was a systematic account of Church dogma written by Ambrose, patriarch of Milan.
B) is the title of Jerome's commentary on his translation of the Bible into Latin.
C) was Augustine's autobiographical account of his experiences as bishop of Hippo.
D) was a defense of Christianity as a philosophical system by Ambrose.
E) was a defense of Christianity by Augustine in the wake of Rome's sack in 410.

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The City of God was a work by Augustine that he wrote in response to the sack of Rome in 410 AD. It was a defense of Christianity and an attempt to explain how the fall of Rome was not a result of abandoning the pagan gods but rather the result of God's judgment. It is a theological and philosophical treatise on the nature of God, the universe, and humanity's place within it.