Nygren divides Eros and Agape, self-love and grace, natural and supernatural completely.
Nygren neglects human’s role in Agape, misunderstanding thedoctrine of Catholic.
St. Thomas’s opinion
- Natural
(Natural love self-love Eros)
- Supernatural
D’Arcy’s response
the Son. This is unscriptural and is a direct carry-over from Rome.
Christian Reform, like all Protestant denominations, believe in Augustine's view of Original Sin. This is that we somehow inherit the actual sin of Adam, and not just the effects of that sin. This too is something that is taken from later Roman Catholic theology, although Rome never defined this as a doctrine.
Christ's death on
1. Definition of Natural Theology
The existence and attributes ofthe deity
-> stand on ‘natural reason’
A type oftheological discourse
the Enlightenment>
The attempt to construct
rational “proofs” for
God’s existence and attributes
Angel’s marriage prospects:
Christian piety vs. Experience of Farm life
Introducing Tess to their parents
Angle’s father tries to convert the local and tells Angel about his failed efforts to tame Alec d’Urberville.
Chapter 27
Angel returns to the dairy
He takes her in his arms and asks her to marry him
Tess replies that she loves him but the marriage is impossible
Jane - awakens the morning of her wedding day, rises quickly to dress for the ceremony. Rochester surveys Jane quickly; she is "fair as a lily“, and two dark figures emerge from the back ofthe church, …
Mr. Biggs and Mr. Mason - object to their marriage since it is a bigamous marriage. Rochester's first wife is Bertha whose brother is Mason, the madwoman living in Mr. Rochester's attic.