Friendship as ecclesial binding: a reading of St Augustine’s theology of friendship from his In Iohannis tractatus evangelium

This work explores the notion of Augustine’s mature theology of friendship as belonging to the body of Christ—the Ecclesia Catholica. The In Iohannis euangelium tractatus provides a unique prism through which to glimpse this settled theology of friends and friendship. Friendship was a central featur...

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Main Author: Brown, Phillip
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63642/