Open AccessAugustinus oor staat (en kerk)
Author(s) -
J.H. Van Wyk
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
in die skriflig/in die skriflig
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-0853
pISSN - 1018-6441
DOI - 10.4102/ids.v34i4.615
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , philosophy , interpreter , theology , realism , task (project management) , political science , epistemology , history , archaeology , management , computer science , algorithm , economics , programming language
Augustine’s views on state (and church) It is no easy task to assess Augustine’s views on state and church as there are as many interpretations as there are interpreters to these issues. From a study of Augustine himself, and especially his De civitate dei, it becomes evident that he did not follow the Manichean, Donatist or Tertullian view of total separation, neither the Origean, Eusebian or Ambrosian view of (a close) co-operation, but that he developed his own view which can be typified as critical realism. Sin, social context and the kingdom of God played a decisive role in forming his final perspectives – although we have to admit that in the Donatist disputes Augustine’s attitude was very controversial