Developd from the thinking of Plato, made Augustine understand that 'evil was not a substance, but is not exitence, a turning away from goodness'. He therefore turned away from Manichaeism
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What is Manichaeism?
Believed the world was caught in a cosmic struggle between good and evil
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For Augustine, when was the turning moment for human nature?
When Adam and Eve choose to turn away from God in the Garden of Eden
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What is God's purpose for the world in the first Genesis story?
Stewardship - people were made in the image of God in order to protect and nurture God's creation
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Features of the second Genesis story?
God creates man from dust, and gives them rules to follow in order to be good stewards
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What do Christians teach about freecom of choice?
That humans abuse their God-given freecom of choice by disobeying God's commandments and choosing to do wrong
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What does the creation story of Genesis 2-3 show?
Adam and Eve disobeyed God and went ahead and ate the forbidden fruit, after Eve was tempted by the snake, traditionally understood to be Satan, and encouraged Adam to do the same
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What does Augustine see Eve as?
Augustine believes Eve was a temptress, and blames her for Adam's fall. This has led to the widespread subordination of women
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Augustine's view on human nature before the fall?
Adam and Eve lived in the spirit of friendship, without lust. Sex was purely for reproduction (concordia). Humanity had a perfect relationship with God. Humans had freewill, driven by caritas. Evil was due to the misuse of free will
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How is Original Sin passed on from Adam and Eve through every generation?
Through sexual intercourse
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What is Original Sin?
The term used to explain that all human beings are sinful by nature, as we inheritted this nature from Adam
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Augustine disagreed with Pelagius, who said......
People could live morally if they tried hard enough, and did not have to follow Adam's bad example.
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Why did Augustine disagree with Pelagius?
Because people are beyond their own rescue and can only be saved by the grace of God, as Adam's sin had corrupted free will. Pelagius' view that humans could save themselves made Jesus' sacrifice unecessary
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What is 'divided will'?
Augustine's view that people still have the God-given ability to reason and recognise right from wrong, but their corrupted will means that they are always inclined to do wrong, and to be selfish and lustful
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Romans 7
Paul supports the idea of a divided will when he writes about struggling between his selfih inclinations and physical desires
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What is concupiscence?
Sexual desires and a lust for material goods. Augustine said that sinful humanity was particularly at the mercy of concupiscence.
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People with original sin need a.......
strong political authority, otherwise they would behave according to their sinful natures.
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What did Augustine believe about salvation?
That people can only be saved via the grace of God, and not through their own merit. This is in accordance with Jesus' sacrifice
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What did Augustine understand grace to be?
The love and mercy ofGod, something which no human can achieve through their own merit.
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