Personality and Essence in the Christology of Saint Augustine Cover Image

Личност и суштина у христологији Светог Августина
Personality and Essence in the Christology of Saint Augustine

Author(s): Aleksandar Milojkov
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Православни богословски факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: Saint Augustine; Christology; Council of Chalcedon; ontology; person; essence; nature

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the issue of the Christology of St. Augustine, analyzing the position of personality and substance in ontology. Augustine’s notion of ontology is presented as the union of two issues of being — personality and substance, using the example of Christology. Likewise, personality has the primary ontological position in the ontology of St. Augustine. It is emphasized that only such ontology could have expressed Christology in the same manner as the Council of Chalcedon, that followed later, did. This gives Augustine a place in the rank of the church fathers.

  • Issue Year: 76/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 79-101
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian