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4 - Aversion and Conversion

from Part II - Main Themes and Topics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2020

By
Marie-Anne Vannier
Edited by
Tarmo Toom
Tarmo Toom
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Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Summary

Augustine experienced an aversio a Deo and then a conversio ad Deum. He highlights the foundational importance of conversion, which comprised both the gift of God’s grace and the responsibility of a human being. The pair aversio a Deo/conversio ad Deum constitutes a continuous dialectical process until the conversio ad Deum of human beings will find its fulfillment. To explicate this idea, Augustine often uses images, such as, the homeland and the way, the two cities, the morning and the evening.

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dialecticconversionhumilityformatio
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The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions' , pp. 63 - 74
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Further Reading

Ferrari, L. C. The Conversions of Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine Lecture Series. Villanova: Villanova University Press, 1984.Google Scholar
Leblond, J.-M. Les conversions de Saint Augustin, Théologie 17. Paris: Aubier, 1950.Google Scholar
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Madec, G. La patrie et la voie: le Christ dans la vie et la pensée de saint Augustin. Paris, Desclée, 1989.Google Scholar
Mandouze, A. Saint Augustin: L’aventure de la raison et de la grâce. Paris, Études Augustiniennes, 1968.Google Scholar
Masai, F. “Les conversions de S. Augustin et les débuts du spiritualisme en Occident,” Revue du Moyen Âge latin 67 (1961), 1–40.Google Scholar
Oroz-Reta, J. “Conversion.” In Saint Augustin, la Méditerranée et l’Europe: IVe–XXIe siècle, ed. Fitzgerald, A.. Paris: Cerf, 2005, 377–382.Google Scholar
Vannier, M.-A. Creatio, conversio, formatio chez S. Augustin. Paradosis 31. Fribourg: Éditions universitaires, 1991 (rev. ed. 1997).Google Scholar
Vannier, M.-A. Les Confessions de Saint Augustin. Collection Classiques du Christianisme. Paris: Cerf, 2007.Google Scholar
Vannier, M.-A. Saint Augustin ou la conversion en acte. Sagesses éternelles. Paris: Entrelacs, 2011.Google Scholar
Zum Brunn, E. Le dilemme de l’être et du néant chez Saint Augustin. Paris: Études Augustiniennes, 1969.Google Scholar

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