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Mario Benedetti Farrugia [1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo βeneˈðeti] ⓘ; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), [2] was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45.
Nonetheless, it does provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the most complete record of any single person from the 4th and 5th centuries. It is a significant theological work, featuring spiritual meditations and insights. In the work, Augustine writes about how he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life.
Title page of a comedy by Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. Catholic Spain was the most powerful European nation by the 16th century. [5] The Spanish Armada was defeated by England in 1588, however, while Spain was trying to defend the northern coast of Africa from the expansion of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, [6] and the gold and silver that Spain took from its possessions in the New World were ...
Saint Augustine surrounded by Augustinian monks (Paduan school, 15th century), relief in the portal tympanum of the former Augustinian convent of Santo Stefano in Venice.The book inscription is the beginning of the Rule of Saint Augustine: ANTE O[MN]IA FRATRES CARISSIMI DILIGATVR DEVS DEINDE PROXIMVS QVIA ISTA PR[A]ECEPTA SVNT N[O]B[IS] DATA - "First of all, most beloved brothers, God shall be ...
Augustine offered the Divine command theory, a theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. [16] [17] Augustine's theory began by casting ethics as the pursuit of the supreme good, which delivers human happiness, Augustine argued that to achieve this happiness, humans must love objects that are worthy of human love in the ...
De Genesi ad litteram (Ecclesiastical Latin: [de ˈdʒenezi ad ˈlitteram], Classical Latin: [deː ˈɡɛnɛsiː ad ˈlɪttɛrãː]; Literal Commentary on Genesis) [1] is an exegetical reading of the Book of Genesis written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo. [2]
Manuscript of Augustine's letter from the 13th century. De videndo Deo (lit. ' On Seeing God ') is an epistle written by Augustine of Hippo regarding whether God can be physically perceived. [1]
On the Trinity (Latin: De Trinitate) is a Latin book written by Augustine of Hippo to discuss the Trinity in context of the Logos.Although not as well known as some of his other works, some scholars have seen it as his masterpiece, of more doctrinal importance even than Confessions or The City of God.