Creation, Finitude, and the Mutable Will: Augustine on the Origin of Moral Evil
Augustine did not root the cause of the evil will in any specific nature, but in the fact that rational beings were created from nothing. His link between the cause of the evil will in finite, mutable creatures and creation ex nihilo offers a critical touchstone for assessing a cluster of anthropolo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2006
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2006, Volume: 71, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 47-66 |
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| Summary: | Augustine did not root the cause of the evil will in any specific nature, but in the fact that rational beings were created from nothing. His link between the cause of the evil will in finite, mutable creatures and creation ex nihilo offers a critical touchstone for assessing a cluster of anthropological and soteriological issues that lie at the heart of his moral theory. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140006072563 |