Tag: Augustine
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Pastors and Teachers – Part 3: Ambrose, Augustine, and the Church Fathers
Ambrose (AD 340-397) became the Bishop of Milan in 374. He wrote On the Duties of the Clergy around 391 to encourage the clergy of his diocese so that they would conduct their lives in a manner appropriate to their calling. With his vast background in the Greek and Roman Classics, Ambrose modeled his work…
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Psalms, Proverbs, and Biblical Philosophy
In the 1920s, the philosopher Cornelius Van Til developed and popularized an influential form of the Transcendental Argument for God (TAG). The TAG states God’s existence is necessary to explain and account for both morals and logic. It also states that any and all facts known through morality and logic have God as their necessary…
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Philosophers and Theologians
From the Greek philosopher Plato, we have the Platonist tradition. From the Greek philosopher Aristotle, we have the Aristotelian tradition. The Christian philosopher-theologian Augustine drew from the works of Plato and Neoplatonism when writing his own works like Confessions and City of God. On the other hand, the Christian philosopher-theologian Thomas Aquinas drew from the…