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For Augustine, that the Word became flesh transformed a merely
human understanding of the virtues and grounds all virtue in
humility. The Way of Humility: Augustine's Theology of Preaching
explores how this truth became a new paradigm for understanding the
scriptures and thus, how Augustine embodied the virtue in the
preaching of the scriptures. One of Augustine's most devoted
students, Possidius, said that anyone can learn from reading
Augustine, but ""those were able to profit still more who could
hear him speak in church and see him with their own eyes. Truly, he
was indeed one of those of whom it is written, 'speak this way and
act the same way.'"" The Way of Humility searches for evidence of
the virtue of humility in action through the preaching of the
humble Word in the sermons of Augustine. Many know of Augustine
through his more famous treatises but few have encountered the
Doctor of Grace where he had his most immediate impact, preaching.
The Way of Humility follows the sermons through several traditional
theological loci, ecclesiology, Christology, soteriology to uncover
what can be learned about Augustine's theology through the way he
preached to a mixed audience of urbanites and rustics, many of whom
did not have the benefit of a formal education. Throughout the
book, we see the interplay between Augustine's action in speech and
Augustine's more direct statements on his theology of Preaching.
Through handing over Christ in his sermons, he became himself an
example of humility for the congregation on their journey toward
the final end for all people, the Beatific Vision.
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