Augustine's Search for God as Trinity

Abstract : The spiritual quest of the young Augustine was "essentially an itinerarium mentis ad Deum, a journey of the mind to God." This paper carefully studied Augustine's mind's journey to the Trinity. It reveals that his mind’s journey towards the Trinity has the quality of ascent. Augustine's a...

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Author:John Niyiring
Published: S.n., s.l., 2015
Volume:1
Language:English
Notes:Full Text available at http://igwebuikejournals.com/pdf%20created/1.3.5.pdf
Periodical:IGWEBUIKE An African Journal of Arts and Humanities
Number:3
ISSN:2488-9210 (Online)
Format:Article
Topic:- Doctrine > Man > [L'âme (origine ; nature ; propriétés ; facultés ; spiritus)]
- Doctrine > God. Trinity > God
- Doctrine > God. Trinity > Trinity
Status:Active
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Summary:Abstract : The spiritual quest of the young Augustine was "essentially an itinerarium mentis ad Deum, a journey of the mind to God." This paper carefully studied Augustine's mind's journey to the Trinity. It reveals that his mind’s journey towards the Trinity has the quality of ascent. Augustine's arguments in his presentations of the spiritual ascent are based on the authority of the Scripture and reason. This subsection explores the metaphor of ascent of the soul in the context of Augustine's search for the Trinity. It argues that Augustine presents a reasoned seven-step spiritual programme for the Christian who is intent on searching for the Trinity, but also that this seeking has three moments (withdrawal, interiority and ascent proper) and that it is a lifelong process.