Augustine and Nicene Theology: Essays on Augustine and the Latin Argument for Nicaea

By Michel René Barnes

This book draws together a collection of thirteen published and unpublished articles which together constitute a new reading of the character and development of Latin Trinitarian theology in the fourth and fifth centuries. The focus of the essays is on Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE), but Augustine is treated here as an inheritor of earlier Latin tradition. Many of the figures of that tradition here receive a new interpretation--particularly Marius Victorinus. Augustine himself is explored from many angles; at every turn the developments in his theology are shown to be a response to the anti-Nicene theologies of the period. The beginning of the book discusses the manner in which modern "systematic" theology has engaged Augustine only through a simplified version of late-nineteenth-century categories. In conclusion, the broader question of how far modern theology can actually engage Patristic theology is explored at length.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1725292165
• ISBN13: 9781725292161
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"