Access to God in Augustine's Confessions: Books X-XIII

Index

Index 265 absence, ix, 47–49, 51, 57–58, 83, 86, 103, 109, 143, 155, 229n, 235n abyss, 11–12, 14, 23–24, 33, 66, 153, 155, 158, 173, 197–198, 214, 217, See chasm; nihil access to God, 1, 7, 9, 12, 16, 36–38, 78, 110–111, 139, 152, 183, 211, 237n action, 33, 35, 48, 65, 83, 92, 129, 140, 142–143, 148, 168, 181, 209–210, 213–214, 248n Adam, 146, 148, 163–164, 186, 190, 212–214, 237n, 238n, 250n, 250– 251n and Eve, 85, 92, 206, 237n addiction, 13, 29, 231n adoption, 107 adulthood, 1, 7, 21 aesthetics, 16, 87 affections, See feeling and emotion Alfaric, Prosper, 233n, 239n allegory, 1, 24, 86, 107, 151, 153, 161, 194, 206–207, 219 Alypius, 171, 231n Ambrose, 86, 136, 176 analogy, 7, 17, 52–53, 55, 62, 85, 98, 117, 124–125, 128, 141, 143, 146, 154, 156, 189, 194, 201–202, 241n, 243n, 247n, 249n, 251n, 253n, 254n analogical discourse, 2, 12, 18, 174, 229n analogical distinction between soul and body, 31 analogical separation between God and the soul, 10 analogical unity, 2 analysis, 24, 38, 80, 125, 133, 135, 232n angels, 96–97, 145–146, 158, 163, 184, 198, 206–207, 210, 254n animals, 41, 43, 45, 65–66, 91, 115, 148, 158, 212–213, 215 apprehension, 7, 16, 50, 53, 80, 96, 102–103, 110, 114, 129, 138, 140– 143, 181, 222 Aquinas, Thomas, 3, 10, 38, 140, 234n, 255n Arian, 96 Aristotle, 10, 15, 73, 156, 192, 238n, 253n, 254n ascent to God, 6, 9, 23, 37, 40, 42, 45, 200 Athanasius, 87 attention, 140–144, 146, 148 attitude of reader, 19–20 audience, 20, 28, 30, 32–35, 104, 118– 119, 167, 170, 174, 184, 233n authority, 183, 205–206, 208, 211, 217, 224 autobiography, ix, 22, 80, 105, 126, 244n axis, 5, 11, 14, 27–28, 64, 70, 122, 130, 138, 146, 148n backward, 5, 79 baptism, 10, 28, 113, 211, 213, 217, 233n Beauty, 89 266 INDEX beauty, 8, 37–38, 41, 89–90, 112, 154– 156, 170, 179, 223 Beginning, 185, 196 Being, 13 being, 6, 10, 14–15, 64, 84, 96, 114, 129–130, 137–138, 147, 152, 155, 157, 159, 163, 165, 177, 191, 201– 202, 223, 236–237n, 246n center of, 3, 6, 8, 18 believers and unbelievers, 28, 33, 213– 214, 216, 224 Bible, 16, 24, 85, 105–109, 109, 118, 152–153, 155–156, 162, 164, 167, 170, 172, 174–175, 178–181, 183– 185, 188, 196, 205–207, 209–211, 213, 216–221, 224, 248n, 249n center and surface of, 106–107, 167 hidden things in, 99, 107–108 interpretation of, 20, 99, 101, 105– 106, 180–181, 183–184, 203, 235n, 253n birth and death, 69–70, 115–116, 235n, 251n Bishop of Hippo, 8, 28–29, 81, 92, 99, 238–239n blindness, 15, 80, 88, 194, 217 body, 13, 16, 18, 29, 31, 37–44, 47, 53–55, 64, 70, 82–84, 90, 95, 97, 105, 113, 133–134, 152, 154–156, 161–162, 170, 172–174, 184–185, 192, 200–201, 204–205, 207, 212– 213, 218, 221, 224, 232n, 234n, 241n, 249n, 251n, 252n, 253n, 254n, 255n, See embodiment Bourke, Vernon, 233n Broad, C. D., 127, 245–246n, 247n Brown, Peter, 228n, 239n Cassiciacum, 68, 180, 252n Catholic Church, 81 chain of being, 7, 39, 115, 155, 159, 170, 193 chasm, 10, 12, 14, 32, 59, 81, 95, 112, 201, 241n chastity, 29, 81–82, 204 childhood, 3, 78 Christ, 27–28, 30, 91–92, 96–100, 104, 109, 131, 176, 197, 202, 205–207, 211, 214–215, 17, 229n, 231n, 233n, 238n, 241n, 245n, 251n death and resurrection of, 98–99 as mediator, 29, 96–100, 107, 131, 144, 241n, 242n as Son of God, 108 Christianity, 9–10, 14, 16, 32, 74, 80, 91, 98, 152, 157, 191, 204, 217, 239n, 240n, 253n, 255n Christians, 19, 28, 34–35, 119, 167, 176, 209–210, 213–215, 220, 233n philosophers or scholars, 35, 167, 171, 222 Church, 34–35, 81, 87, 99, 171, 202–204, 211, 213–214, 216–217, 220, 224 church, 87 Cicero, 3, 68 City of God, 34, 162, 169–172, 181, 186, 204, 208 City of God, 238n, 251n City of Men, 208, 211 collection, 52–53 distributive, 71, 163, 186, 189–190, 213 commandments, 94, 175, 182, 188, 208, 210, 218 community, 1, 6, 12–13, 17, 27–28, 32– 36, 93...