Augustinian soteriology

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Phrases Solvitur ambulando Heroic virtue Incurvatus in se
Biblical criticism Augustinian hypothesis Allegorical interpretations of Genesis
Influences and precursors Homer Socrates Plato Cicero Virgil Paul Seneca Tertullian Cyprian Origen Plotinus
Augustinian thinkers Boethius Isidore of Seville John Scotus Eriugena Anselm of Canterbury Bonaventure Giles of Rome Duns Scotus Gregory of Rimini René Descartes Nicolas Malebranche John Henry Newman Joseph Ratzinger
Other similar developments Scholastic method Anselmianism Thomism Scotism Christian humanism Molinism
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Augustinian soteriology refers to Augustine of Hippo (354–430) view on human salvation and God's providence. His thinking was shaped by early encounters with Stoicism, Neoplatonism, and Manichaeism. Although initially opposing deterministic ideas, Augustine later incorporated elements of these philosophies, especially in his debates with the Pelagians. His doctrines, such as predestination by predeterminism, became foundational for later theological developments and had a lasting impact on Christian thought up to the Reformation. Augustine's influence on John Calvin (1509–1564) was particularly significant in shaping Calvinist soteriology and its understanding of divine providence.