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Confession by Augustine book 1 - Coggle Diagram
Confession by Augustine book 1
Characters
Monica
Augustine's Catholic mothe
.Vindicianus
A doctor friend of Augustine's who advises him against believing in astrology.
Vercundus
Augustine stays with Vercundus out in the country after he converts.
Faustus
Faustus is a hyped-up Manichaean speaker whose logic fails to impress Augustine.
Terms
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism infuses Augustine's entire conception of God and God's creation.
Multiplicity
If creation turns away from God's eternity to become mired in temporality,
Inwardness
Inwardness is the method by which Augustine attains his clearest views of God.
Glossary
martyr: (n) a person who endures suffering and death to remain faithful to a belief system.
Paraclete: (n) a name for the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, meaning "consoler" and "advocate."
Eucharist: (n) The central ritual in Catholicism, in which bread and wine is believed to literally become the body and blood of Jesus, by the power of Christ working through the priest.
Author
(345-430)
Outler, Albert C. (Translator and Editor)
Augustine, Saint
Symbols
God's House
God's house is also heaven and the chaste city. Heaven is the realm nearest to God where celestial beings live.
Babylon versus Jerusalem
In Augustine's account, Babylon is the symbol for worldly life and a turning away from the creator.
Mother Church
Augustine refers to the Church as mother, since it guides and shelters Christians and is the means through which they reach salvation.
Interesting facts
Pope Francis declared that more modern Christians should be "restless" like St. Augustine.
Augustine said slavery was the result of sin.
There have been disputes over the proper wording of the title of The Confessions.
Augustine's parents were of different faiths.
Augustine's The Confessions was originally intended to be read aloud.