augustinianism
31History of Calvinist-Arminian debate — Ever since Augustine of Hippo s battle with the Pelagians in the fifth century, there has been dispute, particularly in the western Church, about theological cornerstones of soteriology including depravity, predestination, and atonement. The… …
32Alexander Lee — Alexander Christopher Lee (born 1981) is a British historian and political theorist. He was educated at the King’s School, Worcester, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh. He currently teaches at the Università degli studi… …
33Matthew of Aquasparta — (1240 – 29 October 1302) was an Italian Franciscan and scholastic philosopher. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Works 4 References Lif …
34Augustinism — See Augustinianism. * * * …
35eschatology — eschatological /es keuh tl oj i keuhl, e skat l /, adj. eschatologically, adv. eschatologist, n. /es keuh tol euh jee/, n. Theol. 1. any system of doctrines concerning last, or final, matters, as death, the Judgment, the future state, etc. 2. the …
36scholasticism — /skeuh las teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators. 2. narrow… …
37Pascal, Blaise — born June 19, 1623, Clermont Ferrand, France died Aug. 19, 1662, Paris French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. The son of a mathematician, he was a child prodigy, earning the envy of René Descartes with an essay he wrote on… …
38Caesarius of Arles, Saint — ▪ Roman Catholic saint born c. 470, in the region of Chalon sur Saône, Gaul [France] died 542, Arles; feast day August 27 leading prelate of Gaul and a celebrated preacher whose opposition to the heresy of semi Pelagianism (q.v.) was one of …
39Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean, Abbé de Saint-Cyran — ▪ French abbot born 1581, Bayonne, France died Oct. 11, 1643, Paris French abbot of Saint Cyran and a founder of the Jansenist movement. His opposition to Cardinal de Richelieu s policies caused his imprisonment. Duvergier studied… …
40Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church …
