Koncepcja Boga Stwórcy według św. Augustyna

Abstract

Knowing God, including as Creator (Deus Creator), is one of the priorities of the life and teaching of St. Augustine. For the old Christian thinker, the certainty of the truth about God the Creator, which the Church confesses in her Creed, is based on the authority of the Bible, especially the description of creation contained in it. A characteristic feature of his approach to this truth is its Trinitarian dimension, that is, the attribution of the work of creation to all three divine Persons. Deus Creator is for St. Augustine Deus Trinitas. God created the world according to the unchanging reasons of his eternal presence in his Word and His goodness and love, expressed in the image of God’s Spirit hovering over the waters, are identified with the Holy Spirit. Among the attributes of the Creator, St. Augustine strongly emphasizes his omnipotence.