Augustine's Theology of Angels by Elizabeth Klein (review)

• Autores: Rangar Cline
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 2, 2019, págs. 332-333
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Subsequent chapters of Klein's study advance the thesis that Augustine understood angels to have individual agency, and she examines the role and function of angels as agents of God with particular duties and in particular contexts, using as her sources the works of Augustine that most directly bear on specific spheres of angelic activity. Chapter Two utilizes City of God to examine the angels' role in the communities of God, Chapter Three looks at the role of angels in salvation history primarily through the lens of On the Trinity, and Chapter Four looks at spiritual warfare and the angels' role in protecting Christians from the devil through an examination of Exposition of the Psalms. The dissertation as a whole might have benefited from revision along similar lines on its way to publication. [...]historians and art historians may find the circumscribed nature of this text to be of limited utility.