Individually and as a body, Christians have made a lot of mistakes. I am thinking about inquisitions and witch trials. I am thinking about hating people who think differently. These are the things Philip Pullman reacts to. They are valid objections, worthy of a thoughtful answer.
In his trilogy [...]
The first five books argue against those who serve the gods to receive temporal blessing. Augustine now turns his attention to those who seek eternal life.
His main focus in on the theological work of Marcus Varro, who subdivided theology into fabulous, civil, and natural theologies. In this book Augustine concerns himself [...]
Augustine describes Cicero as a man whose logic had forced him into a false dichotomy: either man has free will and foreknowledge does not exist or man does not have free will and foreknowledge does exist.
Augustine assures us of God’s prescience while maintaining free will. For him, a God without foreknowledge is no [...]
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