Before revision: Originally, Augustinianism developed in opposition to Pelagianism;Augustinism in McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia] it was widespread in medieval western philosophy until the arrival of Thomism and Aristotelianism.Augustinianism Encyclopedia.com Plato and Plotinus influenced Augustine in many ways, and he is considered a Neoplatonic philosopher.The Significance of NeoplatonismSaint AugustineThe Augustinian theodicy and other Augustinian doctrines such as the divine illumination and the invisible church show a strong Platonic influence.Wallace M. Alston, The Church of the Living God: A Reformed Perspective (Westminster John Knox Press, 2002 ), p. 53De deo Socratis, XVII–XIX) View of humanity "Augustine considered the human race as a compact mass, a collective body, responsible in its unity and solidarity.
After revision: Pope Benedict XVI cautioned that all of the Western Church teaching leads to him:Originally, Augustinianism developed in opposition to Pelagianism;Augustinism in McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia] it was widespread in medieval western philosophy until the arrival of Thomism and Aristotelianism.Augustinianism Encyclopedia.com Plato and Plotinus influenced Augustine in many ways, and he is considered a Neoplatonic philosopher.The Significance of NeoplatonismSaint AugustineThe Augustinian theodicy and other Augustinian doctrines such as the divine illumination and the invisible church show a strong Platonic influence.Wallace M. Alston, The Church of the Living God: A Reformed Perspective (Westminster John Knox Press, 2002 ), p. 53De deo Socratis, XVII–XIX) View of humanity "Augustine considered the human race as a compact mass, a collective body, responsible in its unity and solidarity.