2c. Content of Developments in Christian thought (H573/03) - 1. Insight - Augustine’s Teaching on Human Nature* — OCR A-Level Religious Studies
2c. Content of Developments in Christian thought (H573/03) - 1. Insight - Augustine’s Teaching on Human Nature* explained
2c. Content of Developments in Christian thought (H573/03) - 1.
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Insight - Augustine’s Teaching on Human Nature* covers 10 specification points, including Human relationships pre- and post-Fall and Original Sin and its effects on the will and…. Open a point below for its explanation and revision guidance.
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- Human relationships pre- and post-Fall
- Original Sin and its effects on the will and human societies
- God’s grace
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- Augustine’s interpretation of Genesis 3 (the Fall) including: the state of perfection before the Fall and Adam and Eve’s relationship as friends; lust and selfish desires after the Fall
- Augustine’s teaching that Original Sin is passed on through sexual intercourse and is the cause of: human selfishness and lack of free will; lack of stability and corruption in all human societies
- Augustine’s teaching that only God’s grace, his generous love, can overcome sin and the rebellious will to achieve the greatest good (summum bonum)
- whether or not Augustine’s teaching on a historical Fall and Original Sin is wrong
- whether or not Augustine is right that sin means that humans can never be morally good
- whether or not Augustine’s view of human nature is pessimistic or optimistic
- whether or not there is a distinctive human nature