PSCI 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Manichaeism, Centrality
9 Dec 2015
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5 10, 11 14: origins of the two cities, doctrine of the free will. God"s creation: god is first and final cause of creation, god created the world good and perfect, god created the world with an established order, creation is an act of divine will (outside laws of nature. God is all knowing, all seeing and all powerful - he is origin and source of all that is. God"s will is made manifest in time in the unfolding of history. God for-knows all things everything is part of the divine plan and is therefore good. Man"s perspective is limited, finite and flawed he is but a tiny thread within an infinite tapestry. Man cannot know god"s plan; the faithful hope and believe; it is a commitment of the heart not the mind. Man"s end or happiness is clinging to god ; happiness from the perspective of eternity the salvation of one"s soul.
