The “Resurrection of the Flesh†according to Saint Augustine
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https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1604.01.09Abstract
This paper argues that contrary to some critics, Augustine, the philosopher and pillar of the Catholic faith, did tackle resurrection [of the flesh or body] by examining some of his writings. The author traces the development of Augustine’s interpretation of the resurrection of the body by examining the context and some texts in four of his works, namely, De fide et symbolo, Opus imperfectum contra Julianum, De Catechizandis Rudibus, and the Enchiridion . The researcher investigates further on: (a) Augustine’s understanding of the “resurrection of the flesh†in the Creed, (b) the developmental understanding of “resurrection of the flesh†from the different representative texts enumerated above, and (c) the theological conclusion that one could infer from the investigation whether or not it is in consonance with the present understanding of Augustine and the present formulation as theologically accepted in the present time.
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Augustine, S. (1972). City of God : Concerning the city of God against the pagans. London : Penguin Books.
Augustine, S. (1948). Oeuvres de Saint Augustin: Dialogues philosophiques, II. Dieu et l'âme, Soliloques, De immortalitate animae, De quantitate animae / texte de l'édition bénédictine, traduction, introduction et notes de Pierre de Labriole, volume 5. Paris : Desclée, de Brouwer
Arand, L. A. (1947). St. Augustine : Faith, hope and charity. New York, NY: Newman Press.
Augustine, S. (1959). Sermons on the liturgical seasons. Washington, DC : The Catholic University of America Press.
Augustine, S. (1999). The Augustine catechism : The enchiridion on faith, hope, and love. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press.
Augustine, S. &Bogan, M. I. (1968). The retractations. Washington, DC : Catholic University of America Press.
Alfeche, M. (1986). The basis of hope in the resurrection of the body according to Augustine. Augustiniana, 36, 240-296.
Ayres, L. (2007). “Giving wings to Nicaea†: Reconceiving Augustine’s earliest trinitarian theology. Augustinian Studies, 38(1), 21-40.
Balthasar, H. U. (1990). Credo: Meditations on the Apostles’ Creed. San Francisco, CA : Ignatius Press.
Barnes, M. R. (2007). De trinitate VI and VII : Augustine and the limits of Nicene orthodoxy. Augustinian Studies, 38(1), 189-202.
Bavel, T. J. (1995). No one ever hated his own flesh : Ephesians 5:29 in Augustine. Augustiniana, 45, 45-
93.
Bonner, G. (1960). Saint Augustine’s doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Sobornost, 4, 51-66.
Bonner, G. (1963). St. Augustine of Hippo : Life and controversies. Philadelphia, PA : Westminster Press.
Brown, P. (2000). Augustine of Hippo : A biography. Oakland, CA : University of California Press.
Cavadini, J. C. (1999). Enchiridion. In A. D. Fitzgerald & J. C. Cavadini (Eds.), Augustine through the ages: An encyclopedia (pp. 296-297). Grand Rapids, MI : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Clancy, F. (1999). De Fide et symbol. In A. D. Fitzgerald & J. C. Cavadini (Eds.), Augustine through the ages : An encyclopedia (pp. 360-361). Grand Rapids, MI : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Daley, B. E. (1993). The giants’ twin substances : Ambrose and the Christology of Augustine’s Contra sermonem Arianorum. In J. T. Lienhard, E. C. Muller, & R. J. Teske (Eds.), Augustine : Presbyter factus sum (pp. 477-496). New York, NY : Peter Lang.
Dodaro, R. (2007). Omnes haeretici negant Christum in carne uenisse : Augustinus, sermo 183.9.13) : Augustine on the incarnation as criterion for orthodoxy. Augustinian Studies, 38(1), 163-174.
Dunphy, W. (2005, December). A lost year : Pelagianism in Carthage, 411 A.D. Augustinianum, 45(2), 389-466.
Grossi, V. (1986). Adversaries and friends of Augustine. In J. Quasten (Ed.), Patrology : The golden age of Latin patristic literature from the council of Nicaea to the council of Chalcedon (pp. 463-503). Pakistan : Spectrum Publishers.
Hanson, R. P. C. (2006). The search for the Christian doctrine of God : The Arian controversy, 318-381.
Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic.
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Harmless, W. (1995). Augustine and the catechumenate. Collegeville, MN : The Liturgical Press.
Kelly, J. N. D. (1982). Early Christian creeds (3rd ed.). Great Britain : Longman Group Limited.
Lawless, G. (1993). Augustine of Hippo and his critics. In J. T. Lienhard, E. C. Muller, & R. J. Teske (Eds.), Augustine : Presbyter factus sum (pp. 3-28). New York, NY : Peter Lang.
Lienhard, J. (1999). Creed, symbolum. In A. Fitzgerald & J. C. Cavadini (Eds.), Augustine through the ages : An encyclopedia (pp. 254-255). Grand Rapids, MI : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Lössl, J. (2002). Augustine on predestination : Consequences for the reception. Augustiniana, 52(51), 241-272.
Marrocco, M. (2002). Participation in divine life in the de Trinitate of St. Augustine. Augustinianum 42(1), 149-185.
Marrou, H. (1966). The resurrection and St. Augustine’s theology of human values. Villanova, PA : Villanova Press.
Mayer, C. (n.d.). Catechizandis rudibus, de. Augustinus-Lexikon, 1, 794-805.
Pelikan, J. (2003). Credo : Historical and theological guide to creeds and confessions of faith in the Christian tradition. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press.
Ramsey, B. (1999). De catechizandis rudibus. In A. Fitzgerald & J. C. Cavadini (Eds.), Augustine through the ages : An encyclopedia (pp. 144-145). Grand Rapids, MI : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Russell, R. (1981). The role of Neoplatonism in St. Augustine’s De Civitate Dei. In A. H. Armstrong, H. J. Blumenthal & R. A. Markus (Eds.), Neoplatonism and early Christian thought : Essays in honour of A. H. Armstrong (pp. 160-170). London : Variorum Publications.
Sweeney, L. (1993). Augustine and Gregory of Nyssa : Is the triune god infinite being?. In J. T. Lienhard, E. C. Muller, & R. J. Teske (Eds.), Augustine : Presbyter factus sum (pp. 497-516). New York, NY : Peter Lang.
Taylor, Q. P. (199). St. Augustine and political thought : A revisionist view. Augustiniana, 48, 287-303.
Trape, A. (1986). Saint Augustine. In J. Quasten (Ed.), Patrology : The golden age of Latin patristic literature from the council of Nicaea to the council of Chalcedon (pp. 342-462). Pakistan : Spectrum Publishers.
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Delariarte, OSA, J. R. C. (2016). The “Resurrection of the Flesh†according to Saint Augustine. Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1604.01.09
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