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AUGUSTINES EARLY THEOLOGY OF THE CHURCH - DAVID...

The nature and development of Augustine's understanding of the church between his conversion
(386) and his forced entry into the clergy (391) provides an essential lens to understanding
this seminal period of transition and the foundations of his future ecclesial contributions.
Even so  most studies of Augustine's ecclesiology bypass this period  starting with the
clerical Augustine (post 391). In fact  research on the 'young' Augustine and the Confessions
too often stalls over debates between his neo-Platonic or Christian orientation  focusing on
dichotomies in Augustine or an individualistic Augustine too rigidly labeled. This book helps
fill these gaps and provides a case study supporting arguments for continuity between the
'young' and the clerical Augustine. A careful chronological textual approach to Augustine's
early Christian years demonstrates how his ecclesiological thought began during this period and
comprised a core component of his first theological synthesis. The emergence of his
ecclesiological ideas was intimately intertwined with his overall personal  religious 
philosophic  and theological development. As such it is crucial to our biographical and
theological understanding of the great North African and will be of interest to specialists and
students alike of Augustine's development  Confessions  mature ecclesiology  and the late
antique world.

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