Biography
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and former Manichaean, is the most influential Western church father, shaping doctrines of sin, grace and predestination. Key works: Confessions, The City of God.
Key Ideas
- Original sin inherited through concupiscence.
- The bound will: non posse non peccare after the Fall.
- Unearned, necessary grace; predestination of the elect.
- Noetic effects of sin on human reason.
Topics Appearing In
Religious Experience →Problem of Evil →Augustine on Human Nature →Death & the Afterlife →Knowledge of God →
Key Quotes
“Our heart is restless until it rests in Thee.”Augustine, Confessions I.1
Exam Importance
Anchor scholar for Human Nature; also central to Knowledge of God and Death and the Afterlife.
Works to explore
Use these titles to locate the scholar's argument in context. Edition-specific commercial recommendations are kept on the component reading lists.
- Augustine — Confessions (by the scholar)
- Augustine: A Very Short Introduction (about)