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Love and Do What You Want: Augustine’s Pneumatological Love Ethics

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Sandlin, Mac S.·2021·Religions
DOI 10.3390/rel12080585
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Augustine famously summarizes all of ethics in the maxim, “Love and do what you want” in his Homilies on the First Epistle of John, but also describes sin as misdirected love and humanity as characterized by sin. This raises the question as to how Augustine can offer such a maxim given humanity’s tendency to love so poorly. Aimed at ethicists and theologians with only a general knowledge of Augustine, this paper examines Augustine’s approach to ethics and its relationship to his theology of the Holy Spirit. By exploring the ordo amoris, the uti/frui distinction, and the doctrine of the Spirit as the inner-Trinitarian Love of the Father and the Son, I attempt to show how Augustine’s maxim can fit with his hamartiology.

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Authors
Sandlin, M. S.
Affiliations
Harding University Main Campus (US)
Corresponding author
Sandlin, Mac S.
Venue
Religions
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-07-29
Volume
12
Issue
8
Pages
585
ISSN
2077-1444 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/rel12080585
OpenAlex
W3185534377
Cited by
5
References
13
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2
FWCI
5.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Religions (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Augustinian Studies and Theology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Medieval Philosophy and Theology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Classical Philosophy and Thought
Keywords
Augustine of Hippo, ethics of love, pneumatology, Holy Spirit, ordo amoris, sin, hamartiology, First Epistle of John, Trinitarian love, Christian ethics

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