Ecstasy and Charity

Augustine with Nathanael under the Fig Tree

By depicting himself falling down under the fig tree at conf. 8, 12, 28. Augustine presents a kind of descend (charity) or antiascent (ectasy) in which he is seen and pitied: henceforth his ecstatic practice of the servant of god. The link with Nathaneal may help us see how the conversion scene rela...

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Bibliographic Details
Author:Andrew McGowan
Published: S.n., s.l., 1996
Volume:27
Pages:27-38
Periodical:Augustinian Studies
Number:1
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Person and Life > Conversion / Baptism > Conversion
- Works > Confessiones > Conf. VIII > Conf. VIII, 12
Status:Needs Review

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