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  1. #Neoplatonism gave #Augustine the philosophical vocabulary and metaphysical framework he needed, but Christianity (especially Paul) gave him the drama of sin, grace, and redemption that #Plotinus never could.

    #philosophy #theology #metaphysics #storytelling

  2. #Neoplatonism gave #Augustine the philosophical vocabulary and metaphysical framework he needed, but Christianity (especially Paul) gave him the drama of sin, grace, and redemption that #Plotinus never could.

    #philosophy #theology #metaphysics #storytelling

  3. #Neoplatonism gave #Augustine the philosophical vocabulary and metaphysical framework he needed, but Christianity (especially Paul) gave him the drama of sin, grace, and redemption that #Plotinus never could.

    #philosophy #theology #metaphysics #storytelling

  4. #Neoplatonism gave #Augustine the philosophical vocabulary and metaphysical framework he needed, but Christianity (especially Paul) gave him the drama of sin, grace, and redemption that #Plotinus never could.

    #philosophy #theology #metaphysics #storytelling

  5. #Neoplatonism gave #Augustine the philosophical vocabulary and metaphysical framework he needed, but Christianity (especially Paul) gave him the drama of sin, grace, and redemption that #Plotinus never could.

    #philosophy #theology #metaphysics #storytelling

  6. Augustine and Vedanta are closer to each other than either is to Plotinus in rejecting the idea that matter is intrinsically evil, but they still differ sharply in how they explain evil and the human predicament.

    #Augustine #Vedanta #Christianity #Hinduism #theology #Neoplatonism

  7. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a; pewresearch.org/politics/2024/; zenit.org/2026/04/13/support-f. "Vice-President JD Vance... told the pope on Tuesday to 'be careful' when discussing #theology. Mike Johnson, the House speaker, subsequently suggested that the pontiff did not understand 'just war' #moral #philosophy, despite the pope being a... #scholar of Saint #Augustine, the 4th-century theologian who first articulated the idea in #Christian theology." Pope Leo XIV has a PhD in Augustinian theology!