Il cammino della speranza nelle Confessioni di Agostino

Hope has an important role in Augustine's life, philosophical and theological thought and may be examined from different approaches. Our research, combining the biographical and linguistic points of view, considers the recurring presence of hope along the whole spiritual itinerary described in the C...

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Author:Vicenzo Lomiento
Published: S.n., s.l., 2006
Volume:4
Pages:521-536
Language:Italian
Periodical:Auctores nostri. Studi e Testi di Letteratura cristiana antica
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Topics - Latin vocabulary > S > Spes
- Doctrine > From man to God > [Morale] > Hope > [Espoir/espérance] > Hope
- Works > Confessiones > Topics > Hope
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Summary:Hope has an important role in Augustine's life, philosophical and theological thought and may be examined from different approaches. Our research, combining the biographical and linguistic points of view, considers the recurring presence of hope along the whole spiritual itinerary described in the Confessions and, at the same time, the different meanings of hope in the biographical section (books I-X) and in the exegetical one (books XI-XIII). The recurring presence is due to the central role that hope has in Augustinian anthropology of homo viator: it helps men to carry the weight of their terrena peregrinatio until they reach the requies aeterna. the different meanings are due to the distinguishing traits of hope in each moment or situation of human life: the hope of Augustine as a child is different from the one of Augustine as a forty-year-old man. Moving on from a meaning to another one, the Confessions leads to the meaning of hope as theological virtue, described with quotations from the Holy Scriptures.

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