The Grace of Christ and the Grace of God in Augustine of Hippo
Couteurs vii
3. TI>Oughts oo the Appropriate Method 74 a. The Principal Difficulties in a Presentation of
Augustine's Teaching on God 74 b. Me<hodological Consequences 75 c. Division of the Study 76
Chapter 1. God in the Writings of Augustine t.he Seeker 78 I. "Lord my God": God in the Cotifes;ions 78 a. ,\ugu.stinc·s Spirimal Journey 79 b. The God of Dialogue 81 c. TbeAJ I -Tran~ce.nd ing and Unel'iy Close God 82 aa. God, the Creator within Us 82 bb. Tbe Just and Merciful God 83 cc. God Who Enlightens and Remembers 84 2. '11te God of Wisdom and Beauty 86 a. God. the Source of Happiness 87 b. Human Beings. Created as Image.< of God 88 c. Enligbtenmeot 90 d. The Question of Evil 91 3. God in the Anti-Maoichean Writings 94 a. God Is Not the Originator of Sin 95 b. Knowledge Based on Divine Authority 97 c. 'l11e Problem of Biblical Interpretation 99
Excursus. A New 1\uning Point in Augustine's Theological Thought? 101
Chapter 2. God in tl1e Major Theological Works I 04
I. God the Father-One Gnd I 04 a. The Problem of 17u! '11-inity 104 b. The Biblical Foundation of Faith in tltc Trinity 105 c. The Dogmatic Fommlation of Trinitarian Belief 106 d. Theological Investigation of Belief in the Trinity 107 e. Results for t.he Doctrine of God in the Narrower Sense I 07 2. God the Creator I 09 a. The Importance of 17•e Litual Meanitlg of Genesis 109 b. Augu tine's The<Jiogy of Creation 110 c. Statements about God Contained in tl1c
of Creation 112 3. The God of Sacred History 115 "· The Theological Significance of The City of God in General 115 b. The Basic Idea of the FirsL '1\:n Uooks of The City of God 116 c. The Two Cities according to the Ilistoriography uf the Bible 11 8