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    civilization‚ not the masses of people‚ but literature‚ the content of "classical civilization." (Cahill‚ p. 58) One reads of the time from Rome’s fall to medieval times learning through the stories of the characters‚ most notable Augustine and Patrick. Augustine‚ his faith based on Roman Chrisitanity‚ "looked into his own heart and found the anguish of each individual." (Cahill‚ p. 115) Patrick‚ the slave turned Christian‚ escapes only to return to convert the Irish. He was the first missionary

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    received a quality education because of the resources given to whites were now available to blacks. He chose to attend St. Augustine High school. The Archdiocese of New Orleans constructed St. Augustine High School with funds solicited from Catholics of the Archdiocese through the Youth Progress Program. The Archdiocese of New Orleans placed the school under the patronage of St. Augustine of Hippo‚ a preeminent Christian and scholar of Africa‚ and a Father of the Church. This was appropriate since from

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    Theodicy‚ often called Soul Making‚ is a counterpart to Augustine’s Theodicy‚ yet it is also and opposing argument. While Augustine stated that evil came from humans and Adam in Genesis‚ Irenaeus proposes that evil is opposing the human races’ bid to become one with God. Irenaeus’theodicy differs from Augustine’s‚ as it is more in the sense that God created evil‚ whereas Augustine described its existence to be more of a mistake. Yet some of Irenaeus points relate to Augustine’s‚ though are different

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    “Confessions‚” St. Augustine is talking to God about the death of a close friend and how he feels nothing but sorrow. He realizes that everything on this Earth is mortal‚ and by his tone‚ it fills him with sadness. As he continues with his prayer‚ St. Augustine begins to question his emotions and belief in God. He then states‚ “For that first grief had pierced so easily and so deep only because I had spilt out my soul upon the sand‚ in loving a mortal as if he were never to die.”1 If St. Augustine would have

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    Evil and Suffering Part A) ’Evil and suffering is the result of a malevolent God’ discuss the problem of evil and suffering in light of this quote. (6 marks) There are two different types of evil. Moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is the result of human actions that are morally wrong. Examples are murder‚ war and cruelty. Richard Swinburn said ’Moral evil I understand as including all evil caused deliberately by humans negligently failing to do what they ought to do‚ and also the evil

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    St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was one of the many influential Christian figures in history; he was a Latin philosopher and theologian from Roman Africa (Miller). He is well known as being a sinner turned to saint‚ he became a Christian at age 33‚ a priest at 36‚ and a bishop by 41 (Miller). Enchiridion on Faith‚ Hope‚ and Love‚ also known as Augustine’s Confessions‚ The City of God‚ and On the Trinity‚ was written after 420 C.E. to Laurence as an answer to his many questions. This Laurence is

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    History of philosophy From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see History of Philosophy (disambiguation). This article may require copy editing for grammar‚ style‚ cohesion‚ tone‚ or spelling.You can assist by editing it. (April 2013) Philosophy Philosophers Aestheticians Epistemologists Ethicists Logicians Metaphysicians Social and political philosophers Traditions Analytic Continental Eastern Islamic Platonic Scholastic Periods Ancient Medieval Modern

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    The Augustinian Theodicy From Augustine in his booke ’Confessions’ in 397AD. His argument was that God is good and created a world perfectly good and free from defection‚ evil & suffering. Based on Genesis 1-3 ’Either God cannot abolish evil‚ or he will not. If he cannot‚ he is not all-powerful‚ if he will not he is not all-good.’ Augustine ’The believer must have‚ in a cool moment‚ a solution to the problem of evil. If he does not‚ his faith is not rational...’ Richard Swinburne The

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    did not exist at the start‚ therefore the only conclusion that could be developed is the cause of evil and suffering comes from Adam and Eve. Augustine believes that the sin of Adam and Eve was passed onto humans (seminally present) and was the original sin. His theodicy also states that evil is a privation of good and therefore not created by God. Augustine carries on and states that evil comes from free will beings who turned their back on God‚ which means that God granted us free will due to omnibenevolence

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    Augustine |Strengths |Weaknesses | |Brian Davies supports the claim that evil is a deprivation and not a substance. If it is not a substance|It is logically incorrect to claim that a perfect world could ever go wrong according to Schleiermacher. | |then God could not have created it and cannot be held responsible

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