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Warfield on Augustine (3): The Confessions

For Warfield, The Confessions represents the quintessential Augustine. He defends Augustine from criticisms that The Confessions is too morbid and introspective, arguing that Augustine talks about himself only to direct us to the goodness and grace of...

March 17, 2012No Comments

Warfield on Augustine (2): Augustine’s Development

In engaging different interpretations of Augustine’s development, Warfield helpfully argues for the legitimacy of his 386 conversion, and essential continuity in his thought from this point through the remainder of his career (pp. 372-383). The...

March 3, 2012No Comments

Warfield on Augustine (1): Augustine and Protestantism

As part of my Augustine project I am reading some of B.B. Warfield’s essays on Augustine, which are fascinating. Warfield is quite sympathetic to Augustine, seeking to defend him from much revisionist scholarship and show his...

February 26, 20123 Comments

Humility exalts

I like Augustine’s observation here because it confronts the false notion that when we are humble, we feel low and somber all the time. “There is, therefore, something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the...

September 3, 2010No Comments