Augustine of Hippo: An Orthodox Perspective, Part 1, Introduction, with Prof. C. Veniamin

Mystical Theology: Introducing the Theology and Spiritual Life of the Orthodox Church

Series: Mystical Theology
Episode 20: Augustine of Hippo: An Orthodox Perspective, Part 1, Introduction, Episode 20 in Mystical Theology, with Prof. C. Veniamin
In Part 1 of “Augustine of Hippo: An Orthodox Perspective”, Episode 20 of our series in “Mystical Theology”, we present the theology of the most influential Christian figure in Western thought. Our introduction begins by making reference to Augustine’s seminal work on the Trinity, and setting the context of his approach to the mystery by identifying his two sources of divine revelation: faith (Holy Scripture) and philosophy (analogy of being). Other themes broached in this episode are listed in the Timestamps below.
Q&As available in The Professor’s Blog: https://mountthabor.com/blogs/the-professors-blog
Recommended background reading: Christopher Veniamin, ed., Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies (Dalton PA: 2022) ; The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in Scripture and Tradition (2016) ; The Transfiguration of Christ in Greek Patristic Literature (2022) ; and Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church: According to the Spoken Teaching of Father John Romanides, Vol. 1 (2012), Vol. 2 (repr. ed. 2020).

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1. Intro: Augustine, Athanasius & the Cappadocians (00:00:00)

2. The neo-Arians: Aëtius & Eunomius (00:01:45)

3. Arius and the Early Arians (00:03:13)

4. Eunomius’ change of strategy on Knowledge of God (00:03:48)

5. Augustine of Hippo (00:05:47)

6. Western critique of the Cappadocians (00:07:56)

7. Gregory the Theologian’s & the Holy Spirit (00:12:17)

8. The “de Trinitate” of Augustine (00:15:01)

9. “Faith” and “Reason”: Holy Scripture and “analogy of being” (00:21:52)

10. The two analogies: of faith, and of being (00:22:20)

11. “Sola Scriptura” and the Orthodox perspective (00:23:20)

12. Appeal (00:24:28)