Theology 101.06 10/14/2015 The bible describes the story of creation‚ but does not share how evil entered the world. In book II of Confessions‚ Saint Augustine tries to answer this question. Through Augustine’s life journey‚ he analyzes his own sins and comes to understand the origin of evil. In the second book of Confessions‚ Saint Augustine recounts sins from his past to try to explain where sin comes from. He tells the story of a theft he and his friends committed when they were young: Close
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Does humanity triumph over evil? Based on The Stanford Experiment‚ an experiment where twenty four undergraduates were put in a prison‚ taking on the roles of prisoners and guards‚ it clearly shows that humanity does not triumph over evil (YouTube‚ 2005). Normal people can show their true evil when put in stressful situations. In the documentary‚ the guards took the power to their heads and became mean and mentally abused the prisoners. The "good" guards also did not stop the "evil" guards from
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Augustine’s theology is irreducibly an interpretation of divine love‚ and in books 8 to 15 of De Trinitate he seeks to emphasise two conceptions upon which his theology is grounded: that God is love and that love‚ in turn‚ is God. God is Love Augustine is never interested in cold theological discussion. He is not principally a theologian but a contemplative chronicling his spiritual journey in theological language. His desire remains always the ongoing pursuit of the love of God‚ thus the theological
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philosopher Saint Augustine. In his early years‚ Augustine followed Manicheanism‚ which is the belief in a dualistic world where there are two Gods‚ one evil and one good. Soon however‚ this strain of thought didn’t satisfy Augustine‚ he felt as if it alleviated us from any sort of accountability for the evil we commit. Thus‚ he looked towards Platonism for answers; yet his struggle for fulfillment was only attained upon his conversion to Christianity. After his conversion‚ Augustine reformed his former
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century dealt with grace and free will. The church father‚ theologian‚ and bishop Augustine began the conversation in his work Confessions and continued it during the Pelagian controversy. Augustine’s conversion was unexpected and overwhelming to the point that it caused “a radical break with his past life and a transformation that left him hardly the same person as before (pp. 258).” After this dramatic conversion‚ Augustine placed a great emphasis on the grace and power of God in salvation‚ because he
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consists of a response to who would resist Augustine’s project of providing rules for interpretation of the Scriptures. Augustine outlines three possible objections‚ including those who do not understand his precepts‚ those who fail to make effective use of his teachings‚ and those who believe they are already prepared to interpret the Scriptures. To the first two types of critics‚ Augustine states that he cannot be held responsible for their inability to understand. He then addresses the third type of
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During Augustine’s lifetime‚ he converts to various religions in order to seek faith. Augustine was born into a Catholic house‚ where he finds flaws on Catholicism and begins to find other religions. He later converts to Manicheanism which makes his mother‚ Monica‚ upset. However‚ he ends up converting back to Catholicism. Faith seeking understanding means to Augustine is how a person is able to live in faith‚ then afterward they can understand life in a deeper meaning. Meaning that faith comes
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Augustine arose to become a prominent figure in christian ideology. St. Augustine was alive towards the end of the western Roman Empire‚ and his works acted as a bridge between the classical era and the new upcoming Christian world. Augustine’s view of Christianity was very unique‚ because it
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immediately inclined to argue in epictetus’ favor‚ because it pains me to argue that Christianity is good for anybody. In the following paragraphs‚ i will contrast the God of Epictetus‚ and the God of Augustine‚ and in the end‚ my stand will be clear. Epictetus and Augustine both identify God on basic level. Epictetus says‚ "Where the essence of God is‚ there too is the essence of good. What is the essence of God?......Right Reason? Certainly. Here then‚ without
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explain the philosophy of man. This essay will proceed to juxtapose and integrate the works of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and St. Augustine taking into consideration the time periods within which each lived and studied. Saint Augustine defines the apparent imbalance between what or who people are and what people truly desire. Desire‚ according to Augustine‚ is accompanied by will‚ which can misdirect and lead to a dualism of internal and external conflict. This dualism describes the separation
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