An Augustinian Meditation on the <i>Saeculum</i>

Abstract

Augustine’s account of the saeculum brings together his theological anthropology, ecclesiology, and Christology in establishing the church as the body of Christ—as the place wherein the restless and sinful soul finds renewal through the grace of the incarnation. Such a model of the saeculum pushes back against various contemporary appropriations of Augustine, including those of Milbank, Markus, and Taylor.

Keywords

• <i>saeculum</i>
• secular
• Christ
• church
• body of Christ
• the Psalms
• politics
• soul
• ethics
• suffering