Augustine's Question and the Earth's Answer

The full revelation of God in Jesus ended with his ascension to his Father.

Jesus assembled a group of disciples who would form the foundation of the Church.

The apostles received the power of the Holy Spirit at Passover.

The Church transmits everything she believes to every generation.

God desires only a few to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth.

Christ commanded the apostles to preach the Gospel.

Augustine asked the earth about his God, and the earth replied that it was God.

In the Bible, God made a covenant with the people of Abraham and declared, 'I will dwell in the midst of the Israelites and will be their God.'

Prophets speak on behalf of themselves, delivering personal messages to the people.

Jesus Christ is described as the greatest of all prophets and the perfect revelation of God.

The Gospels show Jesus growing up in a divine way, without experiencing human existence.

According to John the evangelist, Jesus declared, 'I am the life, the truth, and the way: no man comes to the Father, but through Me.'

The Magisterium of the Church is superior to the Word of God.

The apostolic message, expressed in inspired scriptures, was not meant to be preserved in a continuous line of succession.

The content of divine revelation has been entrusted solely to the living teaching office of the Church.

The Magisterium teaches without considering the divine command and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

The bishops in communion with the successor of Peter have not been entrusted with the task of interpretation.

The Magisterium only teaches what has been handed on to it and does not propose new beliefs.

Augustine believed that faith in Christ's resurrection is sufficient for cleansing sins, even without faith in his incarnation and death.

According to Augustine, for Christ to exercise his mediatorship, he only needs to be divine and not human.

Augustine stated that humanity without godhead or godhead without humanity can mediate between God and man.

According to Augustine, Christ as a mediator brings God into contact with man by being fully divine but not fully human.

Augustine used the terms redemptio, reconcilatio, sacerdos, mediator, and intercessor when speaking about Christ as a mediator.

According to Augustine, faith in Christ's resurrection is the only belief necessary for righteousness and justification by the grace of God.

Augustine believes that God reveals Himself only in certain circumstances of our lives.

Christ took on what He was not and lost what He was when becoming man.

The passage mentions that Divine Revelation reached us through exterior signs.

The evangelist John, in the passage, mentions that the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.

According to Augustine, searching for God outside ourselves is the most effective way to find Him.

The text implies that Christ's mission was primarily focused on the resurrection of souls and bodies.