Lewis AyresCambridge University Press, 11/11/2010EAN 9780521838863, ISBN10: 052183886XHardcover, 376 pages, 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.4 cmLanguage: EnglishAugustine of Hippo (354–430) strongly influenced western theology, but he has often been accused of over-emphasizing the unity of God to the detriment of the Trinity. In Augustine and the Trinity, Lewis Ayres offers a new treatment of this important figure, demonstrating how Augustine's writings offer one of the most sophisticated early theologies of the Trinity developed after the Council of Nicaea (325). Building on recent research, Ayres argues that Augustine was influenced by a wide variety of earlier Latin Christian traditions which stressed the irreducibility of Father, Son and Spirit. Augustine combines these traditions with material from non-Christian Neoplatonists in a very personal synthesis. Ayres also argues that Augustine shaped a powerful account of Christian ascent toward understanding of, as well as participation in the divine life, one that begins in faith and models itself on Christ's humility.AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I. Origins1. Giving wings to Nicaea2. Through Him, with Him and in Him3. Faith of our fathersDe fide et symboloPart II. Ascent4. The unadorned TrinityExcursus 1The dating of the De trinitate5. Per corporalia … ad incorporalia6. A Christological epistemologyExcursus 2Polemical targets in the De trinitatePart III. Into the Mystery7. Recommending the source8. Essence from essence9. Showing, seeing and loving10. Loving and beingPart IV. Memory, Intelligence and Will11. 'But it's not fur eatin'…'12. '… It's just fur lookin' through'Epiloguecatching all threeBibliography.
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