Freedom and Necessity St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power and Human Freedom

by Gerald Bonner and George Albert Brown

Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), bishop of Hippo Regius (the modern Annaba in Algeria), is considered one of the outstanding thinkers in Western Christian civilization, Catholic and Protestant alike. Particularly influential has been his pessimistic doctrine of divine predestination, which holds that only a small proportion of humanity has been selected by God for salvation, while the overwhelming majority, including all unbaptized persons, are damned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813214742
• ISBN13: 9780813214740
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.4"