"Creatio ex nihilo" and the theology of St. Augustine: the anti-Manichaean polemic and beyond

"This study proceeds from an investigation of the significance of the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo in some of the key components of St. Augustine's extended anti-Manichaean polemic. To a great extent, his devastating critique of the Manichaeans' world view, their conception...

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1. Verfasser: Torchia, Natale Joseph (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York [u.a.] Lang 1999
Schriftenreihe:[American university studies / 7] 205
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Zusammenfassung:"This study proceeds from an investigation of the significance of the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo in some of the key components of St. Augustine's extended anti-Manichaean polemic. To a great extent, his devastating critique of the Manichaeans' world view, their conception of evil, and their most fundamental theological presuppositions relied heavily upon the affirmation that God ultimately created everything that exists from nothing
In broader terms, the study demonstrates how the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo provided Augustine with an effective means of defining the character of created being as finite and mutable, and drawing a crucial ontological distinction between the Divine Nature and that which God creates. Such teachings were operative in some of the key themes of Augustine's theology."--BOOK JACKET
Beschreibung:XXV, 279 S.
ISBN:0820437751

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