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Eternity and Vision in Boethius [PDF]
, 2009 Boethius and Augustine of Hippo are two of the fountainheads from which the long tradition of regarding God’s existence as timelessly eternal has flowed, a tradition which has influenced not only Christianity, but Judaism and Islam, too.
Helm, Paul
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, 1996 Augustine of Hippo was a man who wanted two inharmonious states. He wanted to have the security of an absolute and sustaining faith in God, a faith that would have proscribed and clear definitions of what he should believe. At the same time, he was quite
Duvack, Rachel
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Augustine’s Paradigm ’ab exterioribus ad interiora, ab inferioribus ad superiora’ in the Western and Eastern Christian Mysticism [PDF]
, 2015 I argue that St. Augustine of Hippo was the first in the history of Christian spirituality who expressed a key tendency of Christian mysticism, which implies a gradual intellectual ascent of the human soul to God, consisting of the three main stages ...
Alexey, Fokin
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J. Ebbeler, Discipling Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine's Letters. [PDF]
, 2013 Review of Ebbeler, Disciplining ...
Robin Whelan
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Book Review: Spiritual But Not Religious? An Oar Stroke Closer to the Farther Shore [PDF]
, 2007 A review of Spiritual But Not Religious?
Dempsey, Corinne
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Scholarship and Ministry in the Life and Thought of Augustine [PDF]
, 2011 Augustine is frequently recognized as one of the greatest Christian theologians in all of church history. His influence extends to both Protestant and Catholic circles, and his numerous theological works are still referenced by today\u27s students of ...
Thornhill, Anthony C.
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Redeeming Rhetoric: Augustine\u27s Use of Rhetoric in His Preaching Ministry [PDF]
, 2015 The art and practice of rhetoric occupied a fundamental place in the ancient Roman world. It is thus not surprising that Augustine (354-430 AD) was deeply committed to the art of speaking well. He spent his youth mastering the theory of rhetoric, putting
Sypert, John A
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Substance and Person in Tertullian and Augustine [PDF]
, 2018 The doctrine of the Trinity has been a focal point of Christian thinking throughout Church history. While the term “Trinity” does not appear in the biblical text, it is still a vital Christian doctrine.
Hillaker, Andrew P
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A Conversation on Divine Infinity and Cantorian Set Theory [PDF]
, 2012 This essay is written as a drama that opens with Aristotle, St. Augustine of Hippo, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Nicholas of Cusa debating the nature and reality of infinity, introducing historical concepts such as potential, actual, and divine infinity ...
Henry, Stephen G.
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Appreciating the Beauty of Earth [PDF]
, 2001 Categories used by contemporary environmental philosophers to explore esthetic appreciation for the beauty of the physical world have parallels in reflections by patristic and medieval theologians on the beauty of God\u27s creation, A sampling of the ...
Schaefer, Jame
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