Human will in Augustine Reflections inspired by an analysis of De correptione et gratia 12.38

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Davide Di Giandomenico

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The article analyzes De correptione et gratia 12.38 and expounds Augustine’s reflections on the human will. After situating the treatise within the context of Augustine’s personal and theological development, it examines the human will in the prelapsarian state, the postlapsarian state without Christ’s grace, and the postlapsarian state in Christ’s grace. Particular attention is given to the will’s relation to the adiutorium sine quo non, its infirmitas, and the adiutorium quo. The analysis reveals the unexpectedly central role of the human will in Augustine’s thought.

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Di Giandomenico, D. (2025). Human will in Augustine: Reflections inspired by an analysis of De correptione et gratia 12.38. Brasiliensis, 14(26), 57-71. https://doi.org/10.64205/brasiliensis.14.26.2025.208
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Davide Di Giandomenico, Université Catholique de Madagascar

Licentiate in Patristic Sciences (Pontifical Patristic Institute Augustinianum, Rome)

Doctoral Candidate in Patristic Theology (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome)

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Di Giandomenico, D. (2025). Human will in Augustine: Reflections inspired by an analysis of De correptione et gratia 12.38. Brasiliensis, 14(26), 57-71. https://doi.org/10.64205/brasiliensis.14.26.2025.208

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