AUGUSTINE (354-430), CONFESSIONS ~400
“PORTRAIT OF THEOLOGIAN AS A YOUNG MAN”
JOURNEY MOTIF EACH CHAPTER A PRAYER
BOOK 1-10 AUGUSTINE PRODIGAL SON
BOOKS 11-13 GENESIS MEMORY TIME CREATION
FIRST AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIBLE AS TEMPLATE
MODEL FOR ALL CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT
BAD TO WORSE TO SEARCH FOR SOMETHING ELSE
PEARS = EVE IN EDEN
SIN TO SANCTITY
AENEID AS TEMPLATE
CARTHAGE -> ROME
SEARCH FOR ETERNAL CITY
PIETAS Δ TO MONOTHEISM
GETS RID OF CONCUBINE, DIDO
HUMAN NATURE FLAWED
REASON INSUFFICIENT
BONDAGE OF WILL
BEGINS INVOKING GOD BEYOND KNOWLEDGE
PROB OF EVIL -> MANICHEANISM
AMBROSE -> SCRIPTURE AS ALLEGORY
PLATONISM CORRECTED BY PAUL
- INFANTS CRUEL+JEALOUS NOT INNOCENT
- THEFT OF FRUIT
- CICERO/MANICHEES
- TEACHES RHETORIC
- ROME/PLATONISM
- AMBROSE/ALLEGORY
- EVIL=PERVERSE WILL PLATO-> PAUL
- NEEDS GRACE, TOLLE LEGE
- BAPTISED, RECONCILES W/MONICA (CHURCH)
- MEMORY
- GENESIS, TIME
- GENESIS
- ALLEGORY