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Introduction Introduction
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Creation, Sin, and Punishment: The Mind made Captive to the Law of the Flesh Creation, Sin, and Punishment: The Mind made Captive to the Law of the Flesh
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The Young Augustine: Life in the Flesh and God’s Chastisements The Young Augustine: Life in the Flesh and God’s Chastisements
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Augustine’s Adamic Nature Augustine’s Adamic Nature
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Missing Salvation: The Deferral of Baptism Missing Salvation: The Deferral of Baptism
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Augustine Delivered to his Adamic Nature: Curiosity, Lust, and Pride Augustine Delivered to his Adamic Nature: Curiosity, Lust, and Pride
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Concupiscentia oculorum Concupiscentia oculorum
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Concupiscentia carnis Concupiscentia carnis
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Ambitio mundi Ambitio mundi
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God’s Disciplinary Response to a Deaf Augustine God’s Disciplinary Response to a Deaf Augustine
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The Punishment of Curiosity The Punishment of Curiosity
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Punishment of Lust Punishment of Lust
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Punishment of the Ambitio Mundi Punishment of the Ambitio Mundi
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Augustine’s Philosophical Awakening and the Resistance of the Flesh Augustine’s Philosophical Awakening and the Resistance of the Flesh
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Manichaeism: A Materialist Understanding of the Battle between Flesh and Spirit Manichaeism: A Materialist Understanding of the Battle between Flesh and Spirit
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Failed Ascent: Pride Keeps Augustine Bound to the Flesh Failed Ascent: Pride Keeps Augustine Bound to the Flesh
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Augustine’s Gradual Return to Christianity and his State of Suspense Augustine’s Gradual Return to Christianity and his State of Suspense
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God’s Disciplinary Punishments of Augustine the Seeker of Truth God’s Disciplinary Punishments of Augustine the Seeker of Truth
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Being Brought under the Law: The Effect of Reading the Platonists Being Brought under the Law: The Effect of Reading the Platonists
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Augustine’s Discovery of the Creator and his Creation Augustine’s Discovery of the Creator and his Creation
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Augustine’s Discovery of the Nature of Evil: Sin and its Punishment Augustine’s Discovery of the Nature of Evil: Sin and its Punishment
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The Deficit of the Books of the Platonists The Deficit of the Books of the Platonists
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Rediscovering Christianity through Paul Rediscovering Christianity through Paul
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The Reality of Inner Division The Reality of Inner Division
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Augustine’s Approach to the Work of Christ Augustine’s Approach to the Work of Christ
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Juridical Christology: Christ the mediator of righteousness Juridical Christology: Christ the mediator of righteousness
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Pedagogical Christology: Christ the milk for infants Pedagogical Christology: Christ the milk for infants
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Effecting Conversion Effecting Conversion
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Augustine sub lege Augustine sub lege
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Grace gives Way to the Confession of being Man sub Lege Grace gives Way to the Confession of being Man sub Lege
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Cassiciacum: Ongoing Conversion Leading to Baptism Cassiciacum: Ongoing Conversion Leading to Baptism
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Judgement in the Life after Baptism Judgement in the Life after Baptism
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Light in the Lord and Still a Great Abyss Light in the Lord and Still a Great Abyss
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Doing the Truth is Coming to the Light: Confessio Laudis and Confessio Peccati Doing the Truth is Coming to the Light: Confessio Laudis and Confessio Peccati
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Confessio laudis Confessio laudis
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Confessio peccati Confessio peccati
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Contemplating the law of God in the service of Christ’s body Contemplating the law of God in the service of Christ’s body
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Conclusion Conclusion
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5 Confessions: God’s Lawsuit with Augustine between the Deferral and the Reception of Baptism
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Published:December 2018
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Abstract
The fifth chapter asks whether Augustine’s view of the relationship between judgement and grace, as it had developed until 396, returns in his theological autobiography, the Confessions. The conclusion is affirmative. Augustine’s life between the deferral of his baptism and its reception is described as God’s lawsuit with him, which finally leads to his surrender to God as Father. It is further argued that Augustine does not regard his conversion in the garden of Milan as the central moment of his conversion, but rather the moment of his baptism. After his conversion in the garden of Milan, he still had to learn at Cassiciacum—by divine chastisement—that the reign of sin in the Christian life is rather broken through the death of Christ (of which baptism assures the believer) than by the inward, spiritual strenght of the reborn heart.
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