Augustine View On Creation Flashcards
What is Gods nature in creation ?
Omnibelovent
Why has an omnibrlovent God created things ?
So they can grow and fulfilled with love for the benefit of the universe
What is God according to his creation ?
Complete and immutable
What is immutable ?
Unchanging
If God is eternal what does it mean ?
God Exist outside time and space
Why is God eternal ?
Because he created something from the beginning
What did God Create in the beginning ?
Time and space
What does Augustine conclude on God ?
God is non spatial and spiritual and not part of the temporal universe
When Augustine read Genesis what does he understand ?
He understands some element to be literally true and some to be allegories
Genesis chapter 1
God said let there be light was this literal or metaphorical?
Metaphorical for the angels
Genesis chapter 1
“God called the light day and the darkness night “ what was this metaphorical for ?
Good and bad through angels through the fall
What is logically impossible in creation according to Augustine and why ?
God creating physical objects as Can’t be perfect as God is the only perfect being so it is logically impossible
What would God being prefect later influence Anselm
His prior approach is God is that which nothing greater can exist
What are necessary conditions for the physical world because of time ?
Change and flux
