St. Augustine, His Confessions, and His Influence

Paul Rorem

doi:10.5771/9781978702387

St. Augustine, His Confessions, and His Influence

1. Edition 2019

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doi.org/10.5771/9781978702387
ISBN print: 978-1-9787-0237-0
ISBN online: 978-1-9787-0238-7
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Abstract

This book introduces Augustine of Hippo and his influence on Christian theology. Part One works through all thirteen books of the Confessions, introducing the life and thought of the bishop of Hippo with commentary on frequent but brief quotations. The Confessions reveal Augustine’s major doctrinal concerns, some of them explicitly and thoroughly (such as the Manichees, Platonists, scripture), others implicitly (monasticism, Donatism, ministry), and some in passing (Trinity) or as a preview (Pelagians). Part Two sketches the medieval reception of the Augustinian theological legacy, not chronologically but topically, in the order of the concerns in the Confessions, such as original sin, St. Monica, medieval Manichees, monastic communities, new Donatists, Neo-Platonism, the introspective soul, symbolic scripture, the Trinity, and above all the recurring Pelagian controversies over free will and grace, election and predestination, that continued into the Reformation.

Schlagworte

election and predestination sin and grace medieval manichees medieval theology pelagian controversies augustine of hippo augustine’s confessions augustinian monasticism augustinian reception history st. augustine’s influence

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i–vi Preface i–vi
- Contents
1–4 Introduction 1–4
5–56 Part One. Augustine’s Confessions 5–56
57–106 Part Two. Augustine’s Influence 57–106
107–108 Appendix. Overview of Topics 107–108
109–114 Bibliography of Studies Cited 109–114
115–120 Index 115–120
121–122 About the Author 121–122

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