Exegesis and Polemic in Augustine's 'De Trinitate I'

Already in Trin. 1. Augustine is engaged in refuting Homonian theology. Augustine chooses Scripture passages in trin. 1, 7-118 in response to Homonian theology, addressing passages that he feels are burdened by anti-Nicene claims (1. Tim. 6,15-17), as well as adducing those that support his own doct...

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Author:Michel René Barnes
Published: S.n., s.l., 1999
Volume:30
Pages:43 - 59
Language:English
Periodical:Augustinian Studies
Number:1
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > De Trinitate > Trin. I
Status:Active
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Summary:Already in Trin. 1. Augustine is engaged in refuting Homonian theology. Augustine chooses Scripture passages in trin. 1, 7-118 in response to Homonian theology, addressing passages that he feels are burdened by anti-Nicene claims (1. Tim. 6,15-17), as well as adducing those that support his own doctrine (John 1,1-2; 14,28b; John 5,20; Philippians 2,5-7.