-His Understanding of the truth (Orthodoxy vs. Heresy) -he was a major player in 3 historical debates -Manichaeism: Good vs. Evil -does evil have a substance? -Where does evil come from? -His discussion on Good and evil framed all future discussions on this topic -Donatism: Church and sacraments -what is the nature of Church and sacraments, even when the priest is unholy -Augustine says the Church determines and defines Holiness -Pelagianism: Predestination vs. free will -Augustine associated with Grace -Thought/ Theology -becomes foundation for future debate and discussion -Luther and Calvin are Augustinian (they feel they are bringing him back) -Openness with Personal Struggle -Patron Saint of ongoing reality of sin in our lives -Augustine holds on to the centrality of faith in the face of mystery
Augustine's main contribution was to Western Christendom and emphasized God's absolute supremacy and the requisite human helplessness and utter dependency on God's grace (Olson 255).
In order to avoid dualism, Augustine espoused an understanding of evil that was NEO-Platonic, namely, that it was not a nature or substance, but rather the corruption of something good that God had made (Olson 262). Subsequently, he believed that everything that was not God, was corrupted to some degree.
-His Understanding of the truth (Orthodoxy vs. Heresy)
ReplyDelete-he was a major player in 3 historical debates
-Manichaeism: Good vs. Evil
-does evil have a substance?
-Where does evil come from?
-His discussion on Good and evil framed all future discussions on this topic
-Donatism: Church and sacraments
-what is the nature of Church and sacraments, even when the priest is unholy
-Augustine says the Church determines and defines Holiness
-Pelagianism: Predestination vs. free will
-Augustine associated with Grace
-Thought/ Theology
-becomes foundation for future debate and discussion
-Luther and Calvin are Augustinian (they feel they are bringing him back)
-Openness with Personal Struggle
-Patron Saint of ongoing reality of sin in our lives
-Augustine holds on to the centrality of faith in the face of mystery
-BV
Augustine's main contribution was to Western Christendom and emphasized God's absolute supremacy and the requisite human helplessness and utter dependency on God's grace (Olson 255).
ReplyDeleteIn order to avoid dualism, Augustine espoused an understanding of evil that was NEO-Platonic, namely, that it was not a nature or substance, but rather the corruption of something good that God had made (Olson 262). Subsequently, he believed that everything that was not God, was corrupted to some degree.
-CL