St Augustine of Hippo by https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y en-us 2016-11-06 19:27:44 UTC 2023-03-04 16:25:42 UTC hello@padlet.com St Augustine of Hippo dbell16 https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135627177 St Augustine lived from 354 CE to 430 CE. He was the bishop of Hippo in North Africa for 34 years. He was an active member of the Church and a great theologian. One of his most important works is called 'On the Trinity']]> 2016-11-06 19:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135627177 1. God is love dbell16 https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135627298 One of St Augustine's starting points for understanding the Trinity is 1 John 4:16, which states that 'God is love'.

St Augustine argues that in order to have love there must be three things: a lover, the person they love and the love that unites them. 

However, as these three are all reflections of one thing, they are actually three parts of one nature.]]> 2016-11-06 19:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135627298 dbell16 https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135627538 2016-11-06 19:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135627538 2. Example of grammar dbell16 https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135628042 God is the subject, the object and the verb of love. 

In other words: 'Love loves the beloved'.

If we put the names of the Trinity in this sentence, replacing 'loves' with 'Holy Spirit', it can be read:

- The Father loves (Holy Spirit) the Son
- The Son loves (Holy Spirit) the Father

Love cannot exist on its own: it needs someone to give it and some to receive it. 

Love needs to be in three parts, just as in the life of the Trinity there are three Persons united together in love]]> 2016-11-06 19:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135628042 dbell16 https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135628351 2016-11-06 19:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135628351 3. Love of God dbell16 https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135628391 For St Augustine, this love of God is not just contained within God. 

It pours outward into the hearts and lives of believers as the Holy Spirit, the gift of love to all people. Love is always sharing, self-giving and creative.]]> 2016-11-06 19:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dbell16/ateclfq5n60y/wish/135628391