Augustinianism
- noun
- /ɔːˈɡʌstɪnɪzəm/
- Specialized
- Scholars often discuss how Augustinianism has shaped contemporary Christian theology.
Examples
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Just here, I would like to say, as a believer in Sovereign Grace or Calvinism, as some who lack perspective and understanding of the history of this theology call it (just like they called it Augustinianism or Paulinism before Calvin was born), that I would like to see every student and teacher a believer in the theology that I hold.
Blog text (20) -
The teachings of Augustinianism highlight the role of divine grace in salvation.
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He compares Anselm and Aquinas, whose works mark the two chief steps in the historical transformation of Augustinianism, which was to end in the establishment of a perfectly autonomous philosophy within Christian thought.
Academic text (1990) -
More recently, Graham Walker in Moral Foundations of Constitutional Thought argues that Augustinianism provides the only way out of the present impasse in constitutional theory, in which the "higher law" of moral realists and the "positive law" of moral skeptics seem irreconcilable.
Academic text (1998) -
This work, never translated into English, was later revised into "twin volumes" that found their way into two English translations as The Mystery of the Supernatural (London: Chapman, 1967) and Augustinianism and Modern Theology (London: Chapman, 1969).
Academic text (2010) -
This is prudentialism reduced to the level of indifference to political regimes—a level that exceeds the guidelines of original Augustinianism and clouds the judgment of many Lutherans in later centuries.
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In his texts, Augustine establishes key concepts that underlie Augustinianism.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Augustinianism = Augustinian (transparent) = Augustine + ian + ism
Formed by the adjective 'Augustinian' + the productive noun-forming suffix '-ism', directly meaning the doctrines associated with Augustine.
Etymology
The word Augustinianism comes from the name Augustine and the ending -ism, which means 'belief system' or 'teaching', like Buddhism is the teaching of Buddha. It refers to the Christian ideas and teachings of Saint Augustine, so Augustinianism means the set of religious views that follow his thought.