1. Augustine’s theory is based on the belief that there are two parallel cities coexisting on earth, Civitas Dei and Civitas Terrena. Both cities are connected with similarities, but at the same time separate by powerful differences.
First, Civitas Dei was created when God created the universe, it is what Augustine’s idea of “heaven.” In this city, only those who have been granted efficacious grace and are motivated by an unselfish love of God (caritas) were elected. This city lives in an eternal and perfect peace, hence, it doesn’t need any government to impose laws and order.
In the other hand, Civitas Terrena was created with the Fall of Man. In contrast with Civitas Dei, this city wasn’t granted efficacious grace or caritas. Those who live in this city are consider the reprobate, which are motivated solely by self-love or cupidity, which is manifested in the desire of materials things, glory, power at the …show more content…
Augustine’s definition of evil is that is basically the corruption of the perfection of something good. For human beings, it is the free will that corrupts men, hence, is the evil of men. Augustine claims that evil has no ontological status, which means that it does not exist by itself or independently, therefore, is the privation of the good that God already created. Augustine also adds that the intension determines the moral worth of your actions, rather than the consequences. Therefore, based on this idea, it is not the enjoyment or the temporal goods that surrounds us, but the desire to possess those temporal goods that makes it evil.
3. For Augustine “history” consist of God’s divine plan. Augustine’s world point of view was centered on God. For him, nothing was a coincidence, nor, accidental, but part of God’s plan for human species and for all the creation. As well as is portrayed in the Bible, Augustine’s history if linear, which mean that it has a begging e.g. the creation of the universe, and a end e.g the apocalypse or the Last
First, Civitas Dei was created when God created the universe, it is what Augustine’s idea of “heaven.” In this city, only those who have been granted efficacious grace and are motivated by an unselfish love of God (caritas) were elected. This city lives in an eternal and perfect peace, hence, it doesn’t need any government to impose laws and order.
In the other hand, Civitas Terrena was created with the Fall of Man. In contrast with Civitas Dei, this city wasn’t granted efficacious grace or caritas. Those who live in this city are consider the reprobate, which are motivated solely by self-love or cupidity, which is manifested in the desire of materials things, glory, power at the …show more content…
Augustine’s definition of evil is that is basically the corruption of the perfection of something good. For human beings, it is the free will that corrupts men, hence, is the evil of men. Augustine claims that evil has no ontological status, which means that it does not exist by itself or independently, therefore, is the privation of the good that God already created. Augustine also adds that the intension determines the moral worth of your actions, rather than the consequences. Therefore, based on this idea, it is not the enjoyment or the temporal goods that surrounds us, but the desire to possess those temporal goods that makes it evil.
3. For Augustine “history” consist of God’s divine plan. Augustine’s world point of view was centered on God. For him, nothing was a coincidence, nor, accidental, but part of God’s plan for human species and for all the creation. As well as is portrayed in the Bible, Augustine’s history if linear, which mean that it has a begging e.g. the creation of the universe, and a end e.g the apocalypse or the Last