INTRODUCTION TO WORLD CIVILIZATION (DÜNYA MEDENİYETLERİNE GİRİŞ) - (İNGİLİZCE) Dersi The Byzantine Civilization soru detayı:
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Who was St. Augustine and what did the preach?
CEVAP: St. Augustine, who lived from 354 to 430 CE, was a theologian from North Africa (modern day Tunisia) whose teachings contributed mightily to the development of Christianity early on.
St. Augustine preached that man was encased in evil; he inherited evil tendencies because of the first man Adam and his sin, committed in the Garden of Eden. He preached that because of that first sin, man could not benefit from doing good deeds alone. He believed any good deed if performed by man on earth was an act of God performed through him and that what was needed was good deeds plus faith. One way that man could overcome sinful temptations and redeem himself, thought St. Augustine, and attain salvation through his religious faith, was by practicing monasticism.
St. Augustine, who lived from 354 to 430 CE, was a theologian from North Africa (modern day Tunisia) whose teachings contributed mightily to the development of Christianity early on.
St. Augustine preached that man was encased in evil; he inherited evil tendencies because of the first man Adam and his sin, committed in the Garden of Eden. He preached that because of that first sin, man could not benefit from doing good deeds alone. He believed any good deed if performed by man on earth was an act of God performed through him and that what was needed was good deeds plus faith. One way that man could overcome sinful temptations and redeem himself, thought St. Augustine, and attain salvation through his religious faith, was by practicing monasticism.