Friendship as Ecclesial Binding: A Reading of St. Augustine's Theology of Friendship from His in Iohannis Euangelium Tractatus [Latin]

by Phillip J. Brown

In the age of Augustine, within the classical structures of society, nothing was more valued than friends and friendship. Augustine was an innovative thinker and friendship represents a good example of his flair for reconfiguring its framework into an ecclesial setting. He wrote: 'what greater consolation do we have in this human society, riddled with errors and anxieties, than the unfeigned faith and mutual love of true and good friends?'. Yet, as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: 2503599249
• ISBN13: 9782503599243
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 19.59 lbs.