Consentius as a Reader of Augustine's 'Confessions'

This essay uses the correspondance between Consentius and Augustine as a starting point for an exploration of Augustine's attitude towards reading and language. I argue that Augustine, who understood the power of words, expended considerable energy in developing an explicitly Christian vocabulary wh...

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Author:Carol Everhart Quillen
Published: S.n., s.l., 1991
Pages:87-109
Periodical:Revue des études Augustiniennes
Number:37
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Students & Correspondents > Consentius
- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Vocabulary (indetermination of-)
- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Topics - Latin vocabulary > O > Ossum
- Works > Confessiones
- Works > Epistulae > [Epistulae - numérotées] > Ep. 12
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Signes. La parole] > [Parole/langage/langue]
- Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Revelation. Holy Scripture. Inspiration. Canon. > [Étude / lecture de la Bible]
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Summary:This essay uses the correspondance between Consentius and Augustine as a starting point for an exploration of Augustine's attitude towards reading and language. I argue that Augustine, who understood the power of words, expended considerable energy in developing an explicitly Christian vocabulary whose terms would encourage Catholic thinking at a time when many religious options existed and attracted adherents. Readers like Consentius can help us recover dimensions of Augustine's thought that might otherwise be lost on modern readers who take the triumph of Catholic Christianity for granted.