Pride: The Root of all Sins
Pride is the root of all sins because it blinds our understanding of the truth, and leads to self-delusion. From there, it spreads like a cancer, and we rationalize our sinful behaviors, making excuses We become immersed in “amor sui” or self-love, and and turn away from God. God hates pride….come all other sins, which in turn lead to evil. Only after he riginal sin defined the unconverted Augustine and humility defined the Christian one. When Augustine was only able to find God when he gave up his pride. "Confessions" is essentially an autobiography detailing Augustine’s road to Christianity. So, since pride defines Augustine before Christianity, and humility defines him once he converts, they are clearly the two major themes in the book. When Augustine was finally able to surrender is pride and begin to find humiity he was able to accept God. A majority of the actions that drove Augustine away from God rooted from his excessive pride. Lust, overconfidence, refusal to be accountable. For nearly half of his life, pride drove Augustine away from Christianity, had to replace it with humility to join God in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Human nature…. Pride is thePride is the root of all sins because it blinds our understanding of the truth, and leads to self-delusion. From there, it spreads like a cancer, and we rationalize our sinful behaviors, making excuses We become immersed in “amor sui” or self-love, and and turn away from God. God hates pride….come all other sins, which in turn lead to evil. Only after he riginal sin defined the unconverted Augustine and humility defined the Christian one. When Augustine was only able to find God when he gave up his pride. "Confessions" is essentially an autobiography detailing Augustine’s road to Christianity. So, since pride defines Augustine before Christianity, and humility defines him once he converts, they are clearly the two major themes in the book. When Augustine was finally able to surrender is pride and begin to
Human nature…. Pride is thePride is the root of all sins because it blinds our understanding of the truth, and leads to self-delusion. From there, it spreads like a cancer, and we rationalize our sinful behaviors, making excuses We become immersed in “amor sui” or self-love, and and turn away from God. God hates pride….come all other sins, which in turn lead to evil. Only after he riginal sin defined the unconverted Augustine and humility defined the Christian one. When Augustine was only able to find God when he gave up his pride. "Confessions" is essentially an autobiography detailing Augustine’s road to Christianity. So, since pride defines Augustine before Christianity, and humility defines him once he converts, they are clearly the two major themes in the book. When Augustine was finally able to surrender is pride and begin to