Augustine on angelic knowledge

Ovie Valentine Aghoghophia
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Angelic beings are spiritual intellectual beings. They possess knowledge; however, they are not omniscient. They are spiritual beings with limited knowledge in comparison to God, which means they are not like God who is the fullness of knowledge, they acquire knowledge. So, how do angelic beings acquire knowledge? What is the source of their knowledge? What is the nature of the angelic beings’ knowledge? What can angelic beings know and not know? What do these spiritual beings do with their angelic knowledge? Is there any difference between the fallen angels’ knowledge and the upright angels’ knowledge? What is the object of these spiritual intellectual beings’ knowledge? Augustine answered these questions in his theology of angelic knowledge. Augustine treated the nature of the knowledge the angels can acquire with their natural angelic faculty and the nature of the knowledge they acquire through the grace of God. Divine illumination is equally enjoyed by the angels and even more than humans do. The angels are lovers of the truth and they seek the truth either with the appropriate or inappropriate use of their will. The kind of knowledge they pursue determines their relationship with the creator. Augustine outlined how knowledge separates the good angels from the bad angels. These and more are what this paper seeks to explore.
奥古斯丁关于天使的知识
天使是有灵性的智慧生物。他们拥有知识;然而,他们并非无所不知。与上帝相比,他们是知识有限的精神生物,这意味着他们不像上帝那样是知识的丰满,他们获得知识。那么,天使是如何获得知识的呢?他们的知识来源是什么?天使的知识本质是什么?天使们知道什么,不知道什么?这些灵体用他们天使般的知识做什么?堕落天使的知识和正直天使的知识有什么区别吗?这些灵性智者的知识对象是什么?奥古斯丁在他的天使知识神学中回答了这些问题。奥古斯丁讨论了天使所能获得的知识的本质以及他们通过上帝的恩典所获得的知识的本质。天使同样享受神圣的光照,甚至比人类更享受。天使是真理的爱好者,他们通过适当或不适当地使用他们的意志来寻求真理。他们追求的知识类型决定了他们与创造者的关系。奥古斯丁概述了知识如何区分好天使和坏天使。这些和更多的是本文试图探索。
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