Review article
Aurelius Augustine homilies on Pentecost in the context of the battle with the Donatists
Silvio Koščak
orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-8620
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
The author discusses Aurelius Augustine's sermons on Pentecost in the corpus of the texts of the Second Vatican Council, in particular, the texts of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium and Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church Ad Gentes. Presenting the historical background of Augustine's theological work, particularly the battle with the Donatists, in the central part of the work the author researches the general notions of Augustine’s doctrine about the Holy Spirit in his theological work, in specific his ecclesiology, which is based on Cyprian's theology as the heritage of the thought of the African Church. This gives the answer to three questions: Who is the Holy Spirit for Augustine? What did the Pentecostal celebration mean for him? How did he interpret this event to his community of believers? In the paper, the author discusses the theological contents of the Augustinian Sermons 266, 267, 268, 269, 270 and 271.
Keywords
Aurelius Augustine; Sermons; Pentecost; Church; Ecclesiology; Mission
Hrčak ID:
213421
URI
Publication date:
19.12.2018.
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