St Augustine of Hippo: Life and Controversies

Gerald Bonner

SCM Press, 1963 - 428 trang

"This study provides an outline of St. Augustine's career and discusses three major fields of his controversial writings: against the Manichees, who denied the essential goodness of the material creation; the Donatists, who conceived of the Church only as an assembly of saints, and denied that God would operate through a sinful minister; and against the British theologian Pelagius and his supporters, whose concern for personal holiness and individual responsibility for conduct led them to deny the Fall and to maintain a theology of divine grace which saw infant baptism as desirable but not essential for salvation. Augustine's attacks on Pelagianism initiated a debate which lasted for many centuries, and still remains controversial to this day; but whatever view is taken with regard to his doctrine, his influence has been profound, and no serious Christian theologian can afford to ignore the issues which he raised." [Back cover].

Nội dung

• Abbreviations: 8
• I: 35
• II 104: 69
• The Manichaean religion: 157
• Augustines polemic against the Manichees: 193
• Augustine and Donatism: 237
• The theology of the Donatist controversy: 276
• the course: 312
• the issues: 352
• Index: 417

Thông tin thư mục

• Tiêu đề: St Augustine of Hippo: Life and Controversies; Library of history and doctrine
• Tác giả: Gerald Bonner
• Nhà xuất bản: SCM Press, 1963
• Nguyên bản từ: Đại học California
• Đă được số hóa: 12 Tháng Mười Hai 2006
• Độ dài: 428 trang