Augustinus' omgang met verlieservaringen
This paper discusses Augustine's dealings with the death of a friend and that of his mother Monica, as told in his Confessions. Neoplatonists are uncertain about the afterlife; death ends it all for secularists; Augustine has hope, for death is not the end. One grieves over the death of a loved...
| Subtitles: | "Leven na de dood" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Dutch |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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University of Groningen Press
2021
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| In: |
Theologia reformata
Year: 2021, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 370-388 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBK Soteriology NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | This paper discusses Augustine's dealings with the death of a friend and that of his mother Monica, as told in his Confessions. Neoplatonists are uncertain about the afterlife; death ends it all for secularists; Augustine has hope, for death is not the end. One grieves over the death of a loved one, but not without given the promise of everlasting life. Augustine places this life in the next in God's grace. The sorrow over the passing of a loved one evidences the transience of this existence; Christian hope looks beyond time to eternity. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theologia reformata
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.21827/TR.64.4.370-388 |