Theo 204 Part I (History of Christian Ethics)
Platonism - answerTruth is universal and eternal, moral life is patterning ones behaviour in
accordance with universal ideas
Aristotle - answerPupil who rejected teacher Plato's explanation, ideas are a reflection of things
and good consists in the ...
Ambrose (Roman, Bishop of Milon) - answer✔Adressed himself to myriad duties of believer
seeking to articulate moral responsibilities to pre-age works of casuistry
Early Christians - answer✔Ground personal morality in a love ethic, frequently allude to Love
God & Thy Neighbour
1st & Early 2nd Century Writings - answer✔Writings based on more authoritative revelation and
less upon a process of reasoning
Tertullian - answer✔
Augustine of Hippo - answer✔Considered to be greatest moral theologian, Ambrose's disciple.
his work drew best of earlier Christian thought into focus, while laying foundations for a
millenium of subsequent writing on moral questions. Never attempted to develop a coherent and
inclusive system of moral theory
Confessions - answer✔Augustine's personal theological Vision
City of God - answer✔Augustine's understanding of the world
Pelagius - answer✔5th Century British Monk, argues that we're able to keep God's law without
God's help. Denying doctrine of original sin, attributes to human beings ability themselves to
choose good and affect their salvation.
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