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He has written a book.. It is called On Marriage and Concupiscence.. Here is just one part of it.. It can be read online if you want..
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Agreed he had a very naughty past and think some things about it haunted him.
What is the real question? How can we look up to the Great African Doctor if he wrote such things or lived a sinful past?
What is the real question? How can we look up to the Great African Doctor if he wrote such things or lived a sinful past?
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No theologian is 100% accurate in his teachings. We need to compare what he taught with Scripture. And just because he had a terrible past doesn't mean he can't be a great teacher. We're all sinners saved by grace. It would be a problem if Augustine continued in his previous lifestyle and tried to teach about the Scriptures. That should raise some flags.
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Augustine had some really wacky beliefs... Some of what he wrote was also very good but he was also very dualistic in his beliefs... Soul over body and spirit over and against the flesh...
The latter belief obviously led to his views about sex and pleasure...
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Augustine is BRILLIANT!! Even though I highly disagree with his view that we don't have a choice to be saved or not. Anyways that is for a different discussion.
I want to read his stuff on Genesis!....now what was this thread about.
Oh yeah....can't Augustine have his own opinion? Like so many people? What he says is not always right like Origen, Irenaeus, Clement and so on.
I want to read his stuff on Genesis!....now what was this thread about.
Oh yeah....can't Augustine have his own opinion? Like so many people? What he says is not always right like Origen, Irenaeus, Clement and so on.
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