1 / 0

Saint Augustine

354-430 CE. Saint Augustine. Background. Christian bishop in Hippo, Algeria (34 years) Latin philosopher. Major Works . City of God “The only perfect law is Eternal Law, God’s law. Justice being taken away, then, what are the kingdoms but great robberies” (City of God, Book IV 2003) .

glyn
Download Presentation

Saint Augustine

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 354-430 CE

    Saint Augustine

  2. Background Christian bishop in Hippo, Algeria (34 years) Latin philosopher
  3. Major Works City of God “The only perfect law is Eternal Law, God’s law. Justice being taken away, then, what are the kingdoms but great robberies” (City of God, Book IV 2003)
  4. Key Ideas and Beliefs Believed in divine law and that god punished evil and rewarded the good Achievement of “ideal justice” and “City of God” Church has a moral duty to act as a check on abuses of the state
  5. Contribution Defended Christianity
  6. Criticism Disagrees with those philosophical schools who are not completely persuaded by eternal and divine law Religion and Politics/Law should not mix It shouldn’t be the responsibility of the Church to keep an eye on the actions o the state
  7. 483-565 CE

    Justinian

  8. Background Roman philosopher 527-Death = Christian Emperor of Rome Ideological and political rivalry between religious groups Era of intolerance, bloodshed, and oppression
  9. Major Works Much of his fame was gained as being a legislator Justinian’s Code a.k.a. “Body of Civil Law”(issued 529-534 CE) The Institutes The Digest The Codex The Novels
  10. Key Ideas/Beliefs Believed law has 2 parts: Universal laws of nature Civil laws Natural law ensured that all people were born free (slavery was a violation) These principles were then applied to reform unjust Roman laws
  11. Contribution Reformed Roman laws Justinian’s Code is a foundation of law in most western European countries Fairness to everyone, consideration of the people’s needs Existing governments use it for a basis of regulating new laws “Innocent till proven guilty” – Digest and Codex (C.C.R.F) 11. Any person charged with an offence has the right (d)  to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal
  12. Criticism “Strictly speaking, the work did not constitute a new legal code or bring forth a great discovery…” (Marie Douglas) Good impact on history and influenced the rest of the world as well His ideas are a step forward from Twelve Tables "A dreadfully deformed child shall be killed“ "If any person has sung or composed against another person a SONG (carmen) such as was causing slander or insult.... he shall be clubbed to death"
  13. 1225-1274 CE

    Thomas Aquinas

  14. Background Born in Italy in 1225 Came from a very wealthy family Studied at the University of Naples and Paris Teacher at the Universities he studied Died in 1274
  15. Key Ideas/Beliefs Believed in 4 different kinds of law; Eternal Natural Divine Positive
  16. Major Works The Summa Theologica Summa Contra Gentiles
  17. Contributions Formulated his ideas during his time period; the dark period in Europe Focused on 2 concepts particularly; God’s role as the giver of the natural law Human’s role as the recipient of the natural law
  18. Criticism Relies on human reason “Good is to be done and evil to be avoided.” Disagrees with some of Aristotle’s philosophies
More Related