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Rombs, Ronnie J.

Saint Augustine & the fall of the soul beyond O'Connell & his critics / [electronic resource] : Saint Augustine and the fall of the soul. Ronnie J. Rombs. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2006. - xxviii, 228 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.

Behind the question -- Robert O'Connell on the fall of soul in Augustine -- The hallmarks of Plotinus's doctrine of soul in the young Augustine -- Robert O'Connell on Augustine's rejection of the fall of soul -- Robert O'Connell on Augustine's final theory of man -- Augustine's early assimilation of Plotinus -- The narrowing of the Plotinian assimilation -- The origin of the soul in the late Augustine -- Solidarity with Adam and Augustine's later anthropology.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
O'Connell, Robert J.
Plotinus--Influence.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Soul--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

LC Class. No.: BT741.3 / .R66 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 233/.14/0922