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The Influence of Mother Wisdom on Augustine

Published:2021-01-01 Issue:1 Volume:7 Page:238-247
ISSN:2300-6579
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Author:

Bouwman Kitty¹

Affiliation:

1. Titus Brandsma Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen , Nijmegen , The Netherlands

Abstract

Abstract The Book of Ben Sira was popular in the early Christian church and influenced the Church Father Augustine (354–430). He adopts the person of Wisdom as a divine mother and adapts her within the context of the early Christian church. He links to Mother Wisdom a wisdom theology, in which Jesus is her envoy. Augustine describes Mother Wisdom as an eternal nourishing divine mother. She has a permanent revelatory status by continuously giving life-giving power, which she mediates through Jesus of Nazareth. He presents her grace which she has prepared for the competentes (the candidates for Baptism), who are working towards initiation into Christian Faith. Mother Wisdom serves as hostess in biblical Wisdom literature. For Augustine, Jesus Christ has taken this place. Mother Wisdom serves instead the angels and the spiritual persons as a representative of divine nourishment.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Religious studies

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opth-2020-0155/pdf

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