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Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine or Saint Austin, [38] is known by various cognomens throughout the many denominations of the Christian world, including Blessed Augustine and the Doctor of Grace [20] (Latin: Doctor gratiae). Hippo Regius, where Augustine was the bishop, was in modern-day Annaba, Algeria. [39] [40]
The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love (also called the Manual or Handbook) is a compact treatise on Christian piety written by Augustine of Hippo in response to a request by an otherwise unknown person, named Laurentius, shortly after the death of Saint Jerome in 420. It is intended as a model for Christian instruction or catechesis. [1]
Saint Augustine in His Study is a fresco painting of Augustine of Hippo executed in 1480 by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli. It is in the church of Ognissanti in Florence . Botticelli was born in a house on the same street as the church, still called Via Borgo Ognissanti.
The opposition arose because Augustine’s view rejected the traditional view of election based upon God's foreknowledge, replacing it with a predestination as "necessity based upon fate". [89] Similarly, the Council of Arles (475) condemned the idea that "some have been condemned to death, others have been predestined to life". [ 90 ]
Saint Augustine (Pinturicchio) Saint Augustine Altarpiece (Huguet) Saint Augustine and Alypius Receiving Ponticianus; Saint Augustine in His Study (Botticelli, Ognissanti) Saint Augustine in His Study (Botticelli, Uffizi) St. Augustine in His Study (Carpaccio) Saint Augustine's Vision of the Christ-Child by a River; San Pietro di Muralto Altarpiece
Augustine offered the Divine command theory, a theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. [16] [17] Augustine's theory began by casting ethics as the pursuit of the supreme good, which delivers human happiness, Augustine argued that to achieve this happiness, humans must love objects that are worthy of human love in the ...
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Saint Augustin et l'écriture polyphonique. Citations classiques et genèse de la pensée dans la Cité de Dieu. Turnhout: Brepols, ISBN 9782851213280 (see the English summary in the Review by James J. O'Donnell at Bryn Mawr Classical Review). Wetzel, James (2012). Augustine's City of God: A Critical Guide. Cambridge University Press.