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9 - Books 13 & 14

The Incomprehensibility of the Fall and Its Consequences for Humanity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

By
Mathijs Lamberigts
Edited by
Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J.
Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J.
Affiliation:
Saint Louis University, Missouri
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Summary

Books 13 and 14, written around AD 418, are part of a broader set of Books 11–14 which deal with the origin of the earthly and heavenly cities. Books 13 and 14 were written in the midst of the Pelagian controversy but also sought to tackle an issue Augustine invested much time and energy in, from the very beginning of his ecclesiastical career. Furthermore, these two books can be read as commentaries on Genesis on the one hand, and as philosophical tractates critiquing Platonic and Stoic tenets on the other. And while Books 13 and 14 focus on the fall of Adam and its consequences, Augustine does use this opportunity to attack Pelagian positions explicitly in this context.

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The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's City of God , pp. 167 - 187
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Cavadini, J. C. (1999). Ambrose and Augustine De Bono Mortis. In Klinshirn, W. E. and Vessey, M., eds., The Limits of Ancient Christianity: Essays on Late Antique Thought and Culture in Honor of R. A. Markus. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp. 232–249.Google Scholar
Clark, G. (2016). Caritas: Augustine on Love and Fellow Feeling. In Caston, R. R. and Kaster, R. A., eds., Hope, Joy, and Affection in the Classical World. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 209–225.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lamberigts, M. (2000). A Critical Evaluation of Critiques of Augustine’s View of Sexuality. In Dodaro, R. and Lawless, G., eds., Augustine and His Critics: Essays in Honour of Gerald Bonner. London/New York: Routledge, pp. 176–197.Google Scholar
Martin, J.P. (1991). Philo and Augustine, De civitate Dei XIV,28 and XV. Studia Philonica Annual, 3, 283–294.Google Scholar
van Oort, J. (1991). Jerusalem and Babylon: A Study into Augustine's City of God and the Sources of His Doctrine of the Two Cities. Leiden: Brill.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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