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Outward signs : the powerlessness of external things in Augustine's thought /

Cary's thesis is indicated in the subtitle - that Augustine's thought has no room for a concept of efficacious external means of grace, i.e., that neither word nor sacrament (both of which are outward signs) can convey to us the divine inner gift of grace. Therefore nothing external has th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cary, Phillip, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Bibel
Augustinus, Aurelius.
Jesus Christus.
Semiotics.
Signs and symbols.
Signes et symboles.
symbols.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
Semiotics
Signs and symbols
Semiotik
Gnade
Sakrament
Autorität
Verkündigung
Kirchliches Lehramt
Glaube
Platonismus
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Summary:Cary's thesis is indicated in the subtitle - that Augustine's thought has no room for a concept of efficacious external means of grace, i.e., that neither word nor sacrament (both of which are outward signs) can convey to us the divine inner gift of grace. Therefore nothing external has the power to save us.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 344 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index.
ISBN:9780198044345
0198044348