Augustine on Temptation to suicide: A Reading of his "Letter 244" to Chrisimus
The article discusses Augustine's teaching on suicide, especially in the way he exposed it when a Christian facing despair is tempted to take his own life. In the first part, the article examines some basic aspects of Augustine's teaching on suicide in some of his works outside the letter...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Centro Filosófico-Teológico
2020
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Mayéutica
Έτος: 2020, Τόμος: 46, Τεύχος: 101, Σελίδες: 19-32 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CB Χριστιανική ύπαρξη, Πνευματικότητα ΚΑΒ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 30-500, Πρώιμος Χριστιανισμός RG Ποιμαντική φροντίδα |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Esperanza cristiana
B Christian hope B "Ep." 244 de Augustín B "Augustine's Letter 244" B Suicido B Suicide |
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| Σύνοψη: | The article discusses Augustine's teaching on suicide, especially in the way he exposed it when a Christian facing despair is tempted to take his own life. In the first part, the article examines some basic aspects of Augustine's teaching on suicide in some of his works outside the letter 244. In a second part, the article presents an analytic reading Augustine's Letter 244 to Chrisimus. The article also discusses some important remarks to show the relevance of Augustine's recommendations nowadays. |
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| ISSN: | 2603-9729 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Mayéutica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/mayeutica2020461012 |