Augustine and Epictetus on death.
Augustine
A Note on Confessions 4.5.10
In Confessions 4.5.10, Augustine takes up the difficult question of why we often find grief and sadness to be, in a sense, pleasurable, without coming to a definite conclusion. The question is closely related to the theory of tragedy as a literary and dramatic genre...
St. Augustine on the Death of His Friend
Some notes on Confessions 4.4.8-9.
Protect Your Chest: Thoughts on Augustine’s Two Kingdoms
We must climb the things of this world, this evermore insane world, as we ascend to things higher.
Augustine and Social (Distancing) Trinitarianism?
An uneven book offers confused insights on church life in a pandemic.
Christ, the Way: Augustine’s Theology of Wisdom
Augustine understood Wisdom most importantly as the person of Christ, the One in Whom all things hold together.
Channelling Augustine on the Trinity for Teens
Teaching theological grammar and the Gospel to 14-18 year olds, with Augustine’s help.
Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation: A Review
A generous, broad-ranging engagement with the great Church Father on a fraught topic.
Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part III: Toward an Explanation
A fresh, tentative explanation for early differences in baptismal practice. Part 3 of 3.
Augustine, Music, and the Birds and the Bees
If Augustine considers sex something that man cannot enjoy sinlessly, where does that leave music?