Human Nature And Will Before And After The Fall

Question 1

Before the ?, Augustine thought, Adam and Eve must’ve lived in a spirit of loving ? known as the “state of ?”.

Answer 1

Fall.
Friendship.
Perfection.

Question 2

Augustine was a great believer in the value of human ?, which was a recurrent theme in his writings.

Answer 2

Friendship.

Question 3

Augustine wrote that there are two things essential for humans: a ? life and ?

Answer 3

Healthy.

Friendship.

Question 4

When Augustine writes of friendship, the expression he uses is “?”, to mean the easy, comfortable and understanding ? that good friends have with one another.

Answer 4

Concordia.

Relationships.

Question 5

Augustine held a firm belief that human beings have ? will given to them by God. However, he was also convinced that people are born into “? Sin” because we’re ? of Adam.

Answer 5

Free.
Original.
Descendants.

Question 6

Augustine’s response to the problem of ? was focused on the idea that humans are ? creatures and that they were originally given free will.

Answer 6

Evil.

Rational.

Question 7

For Augustine, evil in the world was entirely due to the human ? of free will and couldn’t possibly be the ? of God.

Answer 7

Misuse.

Fault.

Question 8

Augustine saw the human will as being driven by ?

Answer 8

Love.

Question 9

Augustine outlined two different kinds of love:

1) Cupiditas - The love of impermanent, changeable earthly things, and love of self and ? needs; it’s an “? of will” to follow ?
2) Caritas (?) - A general love of others displayed through the virtues, which Augustine lists as ?, fortitude, temperance and ?

Answer 9

Selfish.
Error.
Cupiditas.
Agape.
Prudence.
Justice.

Question 10

Augustine couldn’t explain why Adam and Eve chose to ?, although he supposed that it had to have been due to some kind of ?

Answer 10

Sin.

Pride.