Freedom and Necessity: St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power and Human Freedom
- ISBN-10
- 0813214742
- ISBN-13
- 9780813214740
- Series
- Freedom and Necessity
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 142
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-02-01
- Publisher
- CUA Press
- Author
- Gerald Bonner
Description
This book seeks to explain this paradox in Augustine's theology by tracing how these different emphases arose in his thought, and speculating as to why he endorsed, in the end, his theology of predestination. T
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