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The proposed article contains the general parameters of philosophical reflections on history taken as a type of human science. It shows insufficiency of means of its selfidentification in the frames of only philosophical rationality. A compensation of this lack could be realized by theological efforts based on the Christian Revelation. An analysis of different ancient documents as well as of current researches shows that St Augustine has said in this field the first considerable word; its significance remains to keep its own value till now. Historical reflection of Augustine richly represented in his numerous works discloses his understanding of world history as a science concerning mankind and lets wide opportunities of revealing in it the transcendental or eschatological meanings obtained by the tools of theological epistemology.

Keywords: philosophy of history, theology of history, De Civitate Dei, political philosophy, eschatology.