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crucial doctrines as creation, incarnation and resurrection (61). Born around 130 A.D., Irenaeus of Lyons was primarily a pastor...
"middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his sinful or evil behavior, he mainta...
2001). In many ways St. Augustines life would serve as a bridge between pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages (ODonnell, 2001)...
n.d.). God knew that humans would use their free will for evil but He also knew that good would emerge through His Grace (Anderson...
the human soul, the other for evil and matter, including the body(Gilson 3-66). However, when he became dissatisfied with the mat...
seems to be known about the education of Mark. The author of this gospel is believed to have been John Mark, the cousin of Barnaba...
still prevalent in Christian theology, that the all of scripture if divinely inspired and therefore completely correct. On the o...
with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...
tells the reader that all the Romans desired, and more, would actually be found in the City of God. This is not to say that moneta...
also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...
"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...
and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...
like St. Augustine, a man from centuries before, was of the same mind, he clearly would have influenced the people and made them s...
That system is based on three principals: 1. God is absolute Master, by His grace, of all the determinations of the will; 2. man ...
how evil is nothing tangibly heinous, but instead reflects the "absence of good."ii In other words, man merely makes bad choices ...
something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...
either good or evil. There was no "middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his...
In five pages this paper examines how evil is conceptualized by St. Augustine of Hippo in this early theological text. Three sour...
understand divinity. Both philosophers seem to have been influenced by the teachings of Plato. In Senecas On the Shortness of Li...
fictional historical account, as the author uses a host of unusual situations and characters to dramatize historical interpretatio...
Victorinus by Plato. This seems to have moved Augustine from the point of simply musing about immortality into an assurance about ...
Women in a repressive, male chauvinistic society -- such as in the time of Augustinian law -- must do what they have to in order...
In eleven pages this paper examines the Christian origins of Great Britain in a consideration of the Romans, Pope Gregory, St. Aug...
In five pages this paper examines the contributions of Saint Augustine to philosophy's history and development. Five sources are ...
In five pages this text by Jean Bethke Elshtain is analyzed in its portrayal of Augustine and how it represents the limitations of...
In five pages this paper considers time and truth as conceptualized by St. Augustine in Confessions first 8 books. Four sources a...
In six pages this paper discusses some student posed questions on philosophy and theology with science and natural harmony conside...
In five pages the ways in which anthropology is reflected in the philosophical works of Augustine and Plato are examined. Five so...
In eight pages this paper examines writings of St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and others in a consideration of the marriage concept an...
In seven pages this research paper considers the views of Butler, Johnson, Abelard, Saint Augustine, and Plutarch on vice. Six so...