“Saint Augustine Flashcards
Saint Augustine his real full name
Aurelius Augustinus
He was born on ______ in the small ________
November 13, 354;
North African town of Thagaste
He died on ________
August 28, 430
renowned theologian, prolific writer, and a philosopher
SAINT AUGUSTINE - Aurelius Augustinus
He is one of the Latin Fathers of the Church and, in Roman Catholicism, is formally recognized as a doctor of the church
SAINT AUGUSTINE - Aurelius Augustinus
written works
City of God and Confessions
is a good that contributes to the perfection of being (not having or doing)
“value”
are Christian values which contributes to the fulfillment of the Lord’s commandment
Augustinian values
Lord’s commandment is the biblical command which is to:
to love God and neighbor
One of our aims in Christian living should be
learning to love and enjoy God through the things he made
art of living well and rightly
Divine Virtue
refers to the moral standards that govern human behavior and reasoning
Natural Law
St. Augustine believes that ________ is an impression of Eternal Law which is the Divine Law
natural law theory
2 goals or moral deeds and virtues should be understood in terms of?
relationship to others and to God
order of love (ordo amoris) is the brief and true definition of _____
Virtue
“love that knows it priorities”; “ordered love”
virtue
guarantees true happiness;
is oriented toward God
true virtue
are God’s grace and founded on love.
We are commanded to love God.
Virtue
fourfold division to the various moment of love
Temperance
Courage
Justice
Prudence
- also known as restraint, the practice of self-control, abstention, discretion, and moderation tempering the appetition
Temperance
- forbearance, strength, endurance, and the ability to confront fear, uncertainty, and intimidation
Courage
also considered as fairness
Justice
the ability to discern the appropriate course of action to be taken in a given situation at the appropriate time, with consideration of potential consequences
Prudence
Latin for Rightly Ordered Love;
“To be is not only to know, it is to love”
Ordo amoris
leads directly to teach people about wisdom and virtue;
proper love stems from proper knowing
Ordo amoris
The concept of love in Saint Augustine as it pertains to the 2 possibilities of man:
- Being towards the Creation
- Being towards the Creator
Two kinds of Love corresponding to each one of these possibilities:
a. Love of the World (Cupiditas)
b. Love of God (Caritas)
- seeks to find satisfaction in the creation and discloses it as an end in itself
Love of the World (Cupiditas)
loves the world for the sake of God and discloses it as a means to attaining God
Love of God (Caritas)
- “To enjoy something is to hold fast to it in love for its own sake.
Frui
- To use something is to apply whatever it may be to the purpose of obtaining what you love-if indeed it is something that ought to be loved.
Uti
- the ability to choose between good and evil.
- giving emphasis on “intending a bad act” and “actually doing it”
Freedom
are those whose will and reason are subordinated to faith in God and devotion to God’s will
Good persons
