Comparing Free Will In St. Augustine Of Hippo, Boethius, And

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St. Augustine of Hippo, Boethius, and Anselm all address the concept of free will and God’s foreknowledge in their works “The City of God”, “The Consolation of Philosophy”, and “De Concordia”. While each work was written during a different time period, each of their approaches consists of a solution comprised of both unifying and unique points and arguments. While there is no clear contesting between one work and another, it is clear that free will is a complex and critical idea in Christian theology that has long since been debated. '

The Augustinian solution to the problem of free will and foreknowledge is given in chapter 30 of “The City of God” (Book XXII). Augustine maintains that free will is not absent in the City of God simply because

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