Title: Creatio ex nihilo and the theology of St. Augustine
First published: 1999
Description: "This study proceeds from an investigation of the significance of the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo in some of the key components of St. Augustine's extended anti-Manichaean polemic. To a great extent, his devastating critique of the Manichaeans' world view, their conception of evil, and their most fundamental theological presuppositions relied heavily upon the affirmation that God ultimately created everything that exists from nothing.

In broader terms, the study demonstrates how the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo provided Augustine with an effective means of defining the character of created being as finite and mutable, and drawing a crucial ontological distinction between the Divine Nature and that which God creates. Such teachings were operative in some of the key themes of Augustine's theology."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Manichaeism, Christianity and other religions, History of doctrines, Creation, Relations, Christianity, Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430
People: Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Time periods: Early church, ca. 30-600
LC classification: BR65.A9 T57 1999