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    St. Augustine

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    St. Augustine A doctor and bishop to his church‚ St. Augustine is best known for his autobiography Confessions. The term augustinianism evolved from his great influence during his day and ours. As a boy‚ Augustine had no idea where his rebellion would lead him. On the 13 November‚ 354 AD‚ in Tagaste (modern day Algeria)‚ Augustine was born. Patricius‚ Augustine’s father‚ while holding a position as an official in the city‚ remained a pagan until converting on his deathbed. Augustine’s mother

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    Augustine Theodicy

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    Explain Augustines Theodicy (25 marks) Augustines’s theodicy‚ which aims to decipher why there is evil in the world‚ is greatly influenced by the Bible’s creation stories‚ Genesis 1-3‚ which he took literally. Augustine believed‚ that God had made the world ex nihilo (out of nothing) and when making the world he had made it free from flaws. He believed very strongly that God is good‚ omnipotent and omniscience.

As he had a traditional view of God it created a problem that he had to solve‚ if

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    Boethius’ View on Mortal Goods In The Consolation of Philosophy‚ the topic of human happiness is approached from the viewpoint of the early Christian writer Boethius. In his work‚ he constructs a narrative which imagines a Lady Philosophy incarnate come to help him rediscover what he has lost sight of – ultimate human purpose and how to achieve this. Boethius the author speaks to us through this character of Lady Philosophy‚ rather than his own stand-in in the proses and poems which make up the book

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    St. Augustine

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    St. Augustine St. Augustine of Hippo is one of the most influential men when it comes to the Christian faith. When walking the Christianity section of a bookstore today‚ one can find mountains of books either by or about him. After seeing so much on the man it leads one to wonder who exactly was St. Augustine of Hippo and why exactly was he important to the church. St. Augustine is not just studied in religious aspects but in philosophy as well. Augustine was born in 354 in Roman Africa. His father

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    Augustine of Hippo . Augustine of Hippo Saint Augustine in His Study by Sandro Botticelli‚ 1480‚ Chiesa di Ognissanti‚Florence‚ Italy Born 13 November 354 Thagaste‚ Numidia (modern-day Souk Ahras‚ Algeria) Died 28 August 430 (aged 75) Hippo Regius‚ Numidia(modern-day Annaba‚ Algeria) Notable work(s) Confessions of St. Augustine City of God On Christian Doctrine Theological work Augustine of Hippo (/ɔːˈɡʌstɨn/[1][2] or /ˈɔːɡəstɪn/;[2] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis;[3] 13 November 354 – 28

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    St Augustine

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    of how God created the world and that it was good; evil is just a result of the man’s thoughts. The story of Adam and Eve caused natural sin for man. Augustine stated that natural evil which is present in the natural world such as natural disasters. Augustine thinks angels cause this‚ however moral evil is caused by the persons thoughts. Augustine appealed that God might not have created evil in the world‚ because he created good‚ and all this ideas of evil proves lack of goodness in humans. Therefore

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    Augustine Dualism

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    At thirty Augustine is a professor of liberal arts in Rome and soon wins the appointment of Public Orator in Milan‚ the imperial capital. In Milan he meets the bishop of Milan‚ Ambrose‚ and at the age of thirty three Augustine is baptized and converted to Catholic Christianity. Ambrose played a significant role in the development of Augustine‚ by introducing him to the neo-Platonists philosophy‚ as well as a more gratifying method of interpreting scripture. The neo-platonic philosophy emphasized

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    feel you could relate to and believe in. Boethius was a roman philosopher of the early sixth century. Boethius was born only four short years after Odoacer overthrew the last Roman Emperor in which he declared himself King of Italy. He worked hard in public services for King Theodoric the Great. Later in life Boethius was imprisoned and then eventually executed by Theodoric for charges of conspiracy to overthrow him. During his time in jail Boethius reflected on many things and eventually created

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    Augustine and Skepticism

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    Augustine and Skepticism PHI/105 October 9‚ 2013 Louise Morell When we begin to question the possibility of knowledge what arises is skepticism. Skepticism is a view that doubts whether any of our beliefs can be supported by adequate or sufficient evidence (Popkin & Stroll‚ Philosophy Made Simple‚ 1993). The doubt or the denial of the possibility of knowledge is known as skepticism. Knowledge requires certainty; this implies that before we can claim to know anything we must be certain (Omoregbe

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    St. Augustine

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    St. Augustine – Bishop of Hippo‚ Confessor‚ Doctor of Church‚ Doctor of Grace‚ Latin Father of the Church. Chronology of St. Augustine’s life: 354‚ November 13 – the birth of St. Augustine in Tagaste‚ Numidia‚ Proconsularis‚ North Africa. 387‚ April 24/25 – his conversion and baptism by St. Ambrose‚ bishop of Milan; death of St. Monica. 388 – founded monastery in his hometown‚ Tagaste. 391 – He was ordained as a priest by Bishop Valerius; founded monastery in Hippo. 395 – He was ordained

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