CONFESSIONS OF ST AUGUSTINE The Confessions is a spiritual autobiography‚ covering the first 35 years of Augustine’s life‚ with particular emphasis on Augustine’s spiritual development and how he accepted Christianity. The Confessions is divided into 13 books. Books 1 through 9 contain Augustine’s life story. Book 10 is an exploration of memory. Books 11 through 13 are detailed interpretations of the first chapter of Genesis‚ which describes the creation of the world. Book 1: Augustine’s infancy
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War is Hell A review of chapter 2‚ ’The Crime of War’ in Michael Walzer’s book‚ "Just and Unjust Wars: A moral argument with historical illustrations." Allen Lane 1997. In this chapter‚ Walzer discusses the cruelty of war and whether there can be any justification for such cruelty. He begins by distinguishing between the justice of war (jus ad bellum) and the justice in war (jus in bello). "War is always judged twice‚ first with reference to the reasons states have for fighting‚ secondly with
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Vietnam‚ Just or Unjust? Some ask the question‚ was the Vietnam War just? Some may say yes it was just‚and others say that it is unjust. However‚Certain people view justice as slippery concept. There are always ways to get aroud justice‚ and that is why people believe that justice is a slippety concept. Even Plato one of the brightest of his time could not figure out whether war was just or unjust. A Certain individual‚ by the name of Aquinas‚ also attempted to elaborate his view on the war through
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There have been many wars fought throughout history. Each of these wars could be found to be either just or unjust. The way to determine this is by a set of guidelines that have been made by historians and philosophers over the years. This set of rules is called the jus ad bellum or right to war. The six guidelines included in this set are as follows: legitimate authority‚ just cause‚ right intention‚ last resort‚ reasonable chance of success‚ and an end goal of superior peace. I believe that‚ according
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ST. AMBROSE OF MILAN St. Ambrose of Milan’s life (Sant Ambroggio de Milano in Italian) is a particularly fascinating story. St. Ambrose was born around 339 in what is now France‚ the son of the Roman prefect of Gaul. Following his his father’s footsteps‚ Ambrose embarked upon a career in law and politics and by 370 AD‚ hehad become the Imperial governor of Northern Italy. When the episcopal see of Milan became vacant in 374‚ the people demanded that Saint Ambrose be made their bishop. The neighboring
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Comparison between the “Enthroned Madonna with Saints” and “Virgin with child Enthroned” The “Enthroned Madonna with Saints” /The Ognissanti Madonna/or”Madonna in Maestà” was probably painted between 1305 -1310 for the Church of Ognissanti. The “Virgin with child Enthroned” was created around 1200- 1025. Both of them belong to the Uffizi Gallery‚ Florence. The Ognissanti Madonna is much bigger/3.25 x 2m/ and it was painted for the altar of the church of Ognissanti in Florence. Both pieces of art
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both Saint Augustine in Confessions and Dante in Purgatorio go through religious journeys as they tell the story of their lives. Both have many similarities‚ such as having to undergo self-reflection as they strive towards knowing God. However‚ they are also different; while Dante’s journey happens in Purgatory‚ Augustine’s happens on Earth. Not all religious journeys are exactly the same‚ but many contain a lot of the same elements that help to classify them as religious journeys. Augustine and Dante’s
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Saint Augustine Confessions chronicles the journey to Catholicism in ancient Rome. In the beginning of his life Augustine struggles with what god should be and if God is real. This is one of his early questions that goes unanswered. There is no logical way to know whether god is there or not. Augustine seems to constantly bring his experiences in life back to religion‚ and whether it was sinful or not. In Rome at the time Catholicism was not the most popular religion of choice. The most popular
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Augustine was born in 354‚ he had a Christian mother named Monica and a pagan father‚ Patricius‚ who was a Roman official. Even though he grew up in a Christian household he still managed to stray away from Christianity and was not baptized until he became an adult. For that to happen he had to go on his own journey‚ which had a big impact on his decision of converting to Christianity. Some of these influences hold more weight than others but on Easter vigil‚ April 24–25‚ 387 he converted himself
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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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