Saint Augustine
Over the course of the last several weeks a few select friends and myself have read the book entitled 'City of God'. Written by Augustine himself. Today was our last day on this assignment, and this meant since we were done with the book we have to write a seven paragraph paper on the seven worldview questions according to Augustine. This is a sample of what I have been working on:What was Augustines view of God?
Augustine did not have faith in the Roman gods that surrounded him. Belief in the One, Supreme God of Christianity is refreshing remedy to all the foolishness. Said he concerning the gods of the Romans. He believed God created the universe, and everything it contains. This supreme and true God-with His Word and Holy Spirit which are one with Him-this one omnipotent God is the creator and maker of every soul and of every body. All whole find their joy in truth and not in mere shadows drive their happiness from Him. No being that was made from nothing could be on a par with God, nor could it even be at all, were it not made by Him.
What was Augustines view of the universe, its origin and structure?
According to Augustine the universe was made by God, in the space of six days and it was all very good. Of all visible things, the universe is the greatest; of all invisible realities, the greatest is God it was He would made the world the very order changes, and movements in the universe, the very beauty of form in all that is visible, proclaim, however silently, both that the world was created and also that its Creator could be none other than God whose greatness and beauty are both ineffable and invisible
posted by Becca @ 9:30 AM
1 Comments:
Yea, I like Saint Augustine. I'm reading his auto-biograpy "Confessions" and I really like it.
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