Augustine Of Hippo Outline

During week 13 we started a brief outline on The Confessions of Augustine of Hippo. We had been discussing the writing in class for almost two weeks now, and started to compose and outline and understand the main topics covered in the reading. Our reading covered book twelve of The Confessions. Book twelve focuses on the explanation of Genesis, with special attention to the word Christ and also meaning of the Heavens. The Book of Genesis focuses on the stpry of creation. It’s important to note that Augustine does not the bible stories literal. From my interpretation of the reading however it seems Augustine accepts more then one true interpretation of Genesis. His discussion of Genesis starts with Earth being “invisible and unorganized” and also states that …show more content…
The formless matter would be the furthest from God. Seeing matter with is not like God, seeing it’s without form, form in the sense of more godly then formlessness would posses the weaker claim of actual existence. In short, according to Augustine God would have first made the heave of heavens and also formless matter. From there he would have made the visible heave and earth from the formless matter. It’s also important to mention that the formless matter I have just discussed was not included in the seven days to create Heaven and Earth. Reason being, there cannot be time when there is no form. Reverting back to the discussing around the Heavens of Heavens, nothing there would be susceptible to change. Anything that is not made from the same matter as God would be susceptible to change, however seeing the Heavens of Heavens is were God lives this would not be able to obtain duality and change. This place is also eternal, just like God according to Augustine. Gods’ will is enteral seeing he does not decide just to do something, but rather has always known he would do there. Therefore he is enteral and his place were he resides is