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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465507603321

Autore

Karfíková Lenka

Titolo

Grace and the will according to Augustine [[electronic resource] /] / by Lenka Karfíková

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-280-49589-8

9786613591128

90-04-22921-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Collana

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, , 0920-623X ; ; v. 115

Disciplina

234/.1

Soggetti

Grace (Theology) - Biblical teaching

Grace (Theology) - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Free will and determinism - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Part Three: Introduction.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Part One: Introduction -- The Universe of Will (Works before Augustine’s Ordination as Presbyter: 387–390) -- Pauline Themes (the Period of the Presbyterate: 391–395) -- Part Two: Introduction -- Answer to Simplicianus -- Confessions -- Other Works from the Beginning of the Episcopate -- Anti-Donatist Works -- Part Three: Introduction -- Polemic against Pelagius and Caelestius (411–418) -- Other Works from the Period 411–430 -- Polemic against Julian of Eclanum (419–430) -- Conclusion -- Augustine as a Philosopher of the Will -- Bibliography -- Indices.

Sommario/riassunto

The doctrine on grace, one of the most discussed themes in his later years, was regarded by Augustine as the very core of Christianity. This book traces the gradual crystallisation of this teaching, including its unacceptable consequences (such as double predestination, inherited guilt which deserves eternal punishment, and its transmission through libidinous procreation). How did the reader of Cicero and “the books of the Platonists” reach the ideas that appear in his polemic against Julian (and which remind one of Freud rather than the Stoics or Plotinus)?



That is the point of departure of this book. It surely cannot be expected that there is a definite answer to the question; rather, the aim is to follow and understand the development.