Fathers. Out of all of them there were 8 that were truly distinguishable. St. Augustine‚ Considered on of the best. St. Ambrose‚ St. Basil‚ St. Athanasius‚ St. Gregory the Great‚ St. Jerome‚ St. John Chrysostom‚ and finally St. Gregory of Nazianzus. On the other hand‚ some major Theologians back in the day were Clement of Rome and Polycarp of Smyrna. Throughout these great men there we three who taught about Genesis. St. Augustine provided the first understanding of Genesis‚ and finally‚ St. Basil of Caesarea
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Bibliography: De Beata Vita is translated in The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century‚ vol 1.3‚ New City Press‚ 1990–. Fitzgerald‚ Allan D. (ed.) (1999): Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia‚ William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company‚ 1999. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (n.d.). Retrieved February 7‚ 2014 from http://www.iep.utm.edu/aquinas/
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good and evil. Augustine sets up an argument in his Confession that attempts to define evil. God is the author of everything. Augustine says‚ "nothing that exists could exist without You [God]" (Book I‚ Chapter II). Nothing in this world exists apart from God. For Augustine‚ God is good because everything He made is good. Everything about God is good. No aspect of Him is lacking‚ false‚ or not good. However‚ the question of evil and from where it came still remains. Augustine then asks himself
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century dealt with grace and free will. The church father‚ theologian‚ and bishop Augustine began the conversation in his work Confessions and continued it during the Pelagian controversy. Augustine’s conversion was unexpected and overwhelming to the point that it caused “a radical break with his past life and a transformation that left him hardly the same person as before (pp. 258).” After this dramatic conversion‚ Augustine placed a great emphasis on the grace and power of God in salvation‚ because he
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consists of a response to who would resist Augustine’s project of providing rules for interpretation of the Scriptures. Augustine outlines three possible objections‚ including those who do not understand his precepts‚ those who fail to make effective use of his teachings‚ and those who believe they are already prepared to interpret the Scriptures. To the first two types of critics‚ Augustine states that he cannot be held responsible for their inability to understand. He then addresses the third type of
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Philosophy Essay - The Problem of Evil Part A - Compare and contrast the theodicies of Augustine and Irenaeus Both Augustine and Irenaeus attempt to explain the existence of evil in their theodicies‚ though have different explanations for its existence. Theodicies put forward the argument that God has a reason for allowing the existence of evil separated into moral evil (for example‚ the holocaust) and natural evil (Haiti earthquake). Theodicies attempt to rationalise evil whilst retaining
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theological works written in Latin‚ De Sacramentis on the Sacraments and De Spiritu Sancto on the Holy Spirit. Around 385‚ an ambitious professor of public speaking named Augustine came to hear Saint Ambrose preach in order to study his technique‚ and in the process‚ was attracted to the Catholic faith. In 386 Augustine was baptized by St. Ambrose and went
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of the list‚ being the turning point of the gist in the first book of the Bible. About 500 years AD‚ almost every interpretation imaginable was offered by theologists‚ some of which were very reasonable on the matter of Adam and Eve. But it was Augustine who came up with the idea of original sin and the fact that neither
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 I. ORIGIN OF PELAGIANISM 4 A. BRIEF BACKGROUND OF AUGUSTINE (354-430) 4 B. PELAGIUS 5 II. PELAGIAN CONTROVERSY 5 A. DOCTRINES OF PELAGIANISM 6 B. AUGUSTINE’S RESPONSE 8 III. RESULT 10 CONCLUSION 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 12 INTRODUCTION Tracing the history of Christianity‚ there have been immense intellectual wars engaged for the sake of truth. Clearly‚ Christianity was a small religion with little importance in second and third
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Augustine arose to become a prominent figure in christian ideology. St. Augustine was alive towards the end of the western Roman Empire‚ and his works acted as a bridge between the classical era and the new upcoming Christian world. Augustine’s view of Christianity was very unique‚ because it
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