augustines teachings on human nature Flashcards
will
the part of human nature that makes free choices
sin
disobeying the will and commands of god
grace
gods free and undeserved love for humanity shown by jesus death
the fall
adam and eve ate forbidden fruit and ruined gods relationship with reality
neoplatonism
philosophical thinking arising from ideas of plato
redeemed
saved from the sin by christ
concordia
human friendship
cupiditas
a love of worldly things and selfish desires
caritas
generous undeserving love
latin for agape
consupiscence
uncontrollable desire for physical pleasures and material things
ecclesia
heavenly society in contrast with earthly society
summum bonum
highest most supreme good
whats describes in genesis 1
humans pinnacle of creation
-creation ordered
-in his image and likeness
god and humanity pre fall
-good relationship
-friendship
-adam and eve made stewards
-told to not eat fruit
augustines view of adam and eve pre fall
harmony between will, reason and body
-human will was a balance between powers of self love and generous love and in eden both were in harmony
adam and eves relationship pre fall
-friendship
friends with god
-married as friends
-could reproduce but sex not lust driven
human will for augustine
given to humans by god at creation and used to make choices
-driven by self love and generous love which work together to help people choose to love god properly
genesis 3 the fall account
-serpent tempts eve to eat fruit from tree of knowledge
-realise their naked for their mistake
-hide from god
-he finds out and banishes serpent
-banishes Adam and eve from Eden
punishment of men and woman because of fall
woman have hard childbirth and desire and follow men
-men have to work hard to earn living
augustines int. of adam and eves nakedness
shame and nakedness and punishment to eve of lust and subordination shows male female relation after fall
augustines int. of what happens after fall
-lust
-harmony lost between man and god
-not body but will corrupted
paul romans quote of will clouded by bad intentions because of fall
i do not understand what i do
-for what i want to do i do not do but what i hate to do
genesis 3 quote knowing good and evil
the man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil
arguments arguing augustines teaching on a historical fall are wrong
-doesnt make sense to say adam and eve were tempted. if augustine says everything was perfect they shouldnt have been able to think about disobeying god
-textual analysis shows different authors of genesis, account validity down
-evolution, humans evolved rather than coming from Eden