Today we looked at Augustine’s doctrine of original sin.
For some further (and quite hard reading) look here (from Allan Fitzgerald’s Augustine through the Ages). You’re doing well if you can make sense of this. You might also like to try some of Augustine’s City of God, particularly Book 14 Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13 and Chapter 14
The spinning ballerina is here.
Next week we’re going back to the first sin (according to the Bible). As preparation please read Genesis 2:7-3:24. There’ll be Bibles in the resource centre or one of the RE classrooms if you don’t have one at home…
Introduction to St Augustine
The point of this lesson was to introduce St Augustine and start to think about some of his ideas on human nature. We looked at his confession about the Pear Tree and used it to think about the way he saw human nature.
Powerpoint: Introducing Augustine
Pear Tree confession: Confessions - Chapter 2
For further reading…Henry Chadwick introduction