Augustine's "Confessions"
Beginning of paper
A philosophical question faces Christians, and in fact all theists, that
challenges the belief in God. To theists, God is an omnipotent, perfect God.
He is good. Theists accept this, and embrace it, for how else can they worship
God and give their lives to Him unless He is good? However, n this world evil
is constantly seen all around ....
Middle of paper
.... clearly sets forth that God is
the creator and source of everything. Not only is He the source, but he is the
reason for its continued existence. The next step Augustine takes regards the
nature of God's creation.
For Augustine, God is good, because everything He made is good. “You
are our God, supreme Good, the Creator and Ruler of the universe” (1.20), and
again, “Therefore, the God who made me must be good and all the good in m ....
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Number of words: 1508
Number of pages: 6 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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