Augustines Confessions

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December 28, 2014

 

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Book I a. Attributes of God Augustines first book is devoted to his early childhood and his reflections on human origin, memory, and desire. His ideas of God were very much influenced by the religious teachings of his day. 1-6- Augustine starts with a rather long invocation to God. In his invocation he inquires with questions about how one can seek the Lord without understanding his nature...
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In his invocation he inquires with questions about how one can seek the Lord without understanding his nature. It seems to be a stumbling for Augustine that God can both transcend everything and be within everything. Augustine rephrases his confusion when he asks, “who are you then, my God?” Then this causes Augustine to introduce mysteries of God in a rhetorical sense that reflect his own observations from scriptural accounts...
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