Skip to Content

Work

The Approach of Augustine 1

 View Full Item at Moore Theological College

MLA citation style

Montgomery, John Warwick. The Approach of Augustine 1. Institute for Law and Theology. 1981. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/186275.

APA citation style

Montgomery, J. (1981). The Approach of Augustine 1. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/186275.

Chicago citation style

Montgomery, John Warwick. The Approach of Augustine 1. Institute for Law and Theology. 1981. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/186275.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

Creator
Date
Contributing Institution
Description
  • Montgomery continues his discussion of Augustine’s statement about the heart’s restlessness outside of God. In apologetics, he warns against relying too heavily on such emotions, since they may imply a works-based view of salvation. Spiritual searching, he argues, should be understood like a sick person seeking a remedy. In the search for a cure, the seeker is presented with various options. The apologist’s task is to direct the seeker first to Christianity, since people lack the ability to act as neutral “surveyors” of all available remedies. Montgomery outlines three ways to assess these spiritual remedies, drawing on the apologetic defence of Abu Qurrah. First, Qurrah suggests using reason to compare what God is like to our inner self. Montgomery cautions that humanity’s fallen nature distorts this capacity, making it easy to choose a religion that merely satisfies one's fallen desires. Second, Qurrah recommends examining what a remedy claims about the nature of the illness as each religion suggests various solutions. Third, he suggests evaluating whether the remedy offered is truly adequate for the disease. Montgomery affirms that these last two assessments are most useful in apologetic engagement. Montgomery then turns to a discussion of Anselm and the ontological proof.
Subject
Language
Publisher
In Collection:
Type
URL
Rights
  • In copyright - educational use permitted. This item may be used for the purposes of research and study. Please acknowledge that it is held by Moore Theological College