Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Outside reading, Augustine's City of God-Ryan Webb
In my understanding of grace as described in City of God, Augustine has three different forms of grace which include subsequent or prevenient grace, cooperative grace, and sanctifying grace. According to Augustine, subsequent or prevenient grace, refers to the grace given to people before they choose God. The idea is that this grace must be given by God because as utterly sinful individuals, we would never choose to follow God on our own. Cooperative grace refers to the grace given to God's people as they work with God and allow Him to change his or her life. Sanctifying grace refers to the constant and permanent grace given to who Augustine calls the saints or saint hood. While reflecting on the Chronicles of Narnia and the interaction between Edmund and Aslan after Edmund betrays his siblings, I began to wonder about which form this grace fell under. Perhaps it is an example of all three. However, I wonder even more about the nature of grace and original sin as a think about this example in Narnia and reflect upon my own relationship with God.
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