On the face of it, it does not seem difficult to state the contradictions that beset a doctrine of predestination. An absolute sense that God determines the outcome of our lives cuts the nerve of ...

One of the most significant Christian thinkers of all time, St. Augustine (354 to 430) was enormously influential in framing such theological concepts as original sin, just war, grace and ...

On July 3, 529, Caesarius of Arles presided over a synod in southern France that was intended to promote the teachings of his favorite theologian, Augustine of Hippo (354-430). Caesarius thought that ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In the year 397, shortly after he became a bishop in Africa, the man who would be known as Augustine of Hippo ...

The Rev. Thomas Schmidt will present "This is Your Brain on Religion" at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2487 A1A South. "When I first learned about genetics in college I ...

Last week’s column presented the Old Testament idea of the Hebrews being God’s elected or chosen people. Today, I will continue with the Christian concept of election or predestination. The doctrine ...

Calvin’s double predestination represents an outcome of the theological evolution in Western Christianity. Unlike Eastern Orthodoxy which draws on a wide range of Church Fathers, Western Christianity ...

Church leaders tried repeatedly to distance themselves from one side of the grace-free will debate, but they usually ended up exactly where they didn’t want to be: the middle. On July 3, 529, ...

Christian saints fall into different categories. There are the worthy saints much favoured in the 19th century, usually virginal young women who led pure lives before succumbing to a dreadful illness ...