TY  - BOOK
AU  - N. Joseph Torchia
PY  - 2012
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781453910771
TI  - «Creatio ex nihilo» and the Theology of St. Augustine
T2  - The Anti-Manichaean Polemic and Beyond
DO  - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1077-1
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1054394
N2  - This study proceeds from an investigation of the significance of the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo in some of the key components of St. Augustine's extended anti-Manichaean polemic. To a great extent, his devastating critique of the Manichaeans' world view, their conception of evil, and their most fundamental theological presuppositions relied heavily upon the affirmation that God ultimately created everything that exists from nothing. In broader terms, the study demonstrates how the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo provided Augustine with an effective means of defining the character of created being as finite and mutable, and drawing a crucial ontological distinction between the Divine Nature and that which God creates. Such teachings were operative in some of the key themes of Augustine's theology.
KW  - Christian doctrine, Anti-Manichaean polemic, Creation, Ontological distinction, Theology
LA  - English
ER  -