Grace as Participation in the Divine Life in the Theology of Augustine of Hippe

Augustine and the Greek Fathers would have agreed that grace was deification, that the incarnation of Christ in human form is the key to human salvation, and that our divinization was accomplished in time and space trough the Holy Spirit. The Greeks, however, emphasized the importance of human free...

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Author:Patricia Wilson-Kastner
Volume:7
Pages:135-152
Periodical:Augustinian Studies
Format:Article
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:Augustine and the Greek Fathers would have agreed that grace was deification, that the incarnation of Christ in human form is the key to human salvation, and that our divinization was accomplished in time and space trough the Holy Spirit. The Greeks, however, emphasized the importance of human free choice, while for Augustine God's will moved human will to do what was good. The insistence that grace was an aid God gave us for salvation, rather than an aspect of divine activity, tended to depersonalize the concept of grace and this was a development of considerable importance for Latin scholasticism.