St. Augustine

In his Confessions, St. Augustine gives an absorbing analysis of time. He unleashes a complex discussion about the relevance and validity of the notion of time. He raises some interesting questions that force a more detailed investigation of current presuppositions that encircle this subject. He uses a very careful examination of time to explain and prove God’s existence. His argument follows several very important themes; 1) nothing existed before God created it. 2) The phenomenon of …

…fully comprehend, is what harkens to the crux of his argument. God defies time because he has created existence. St. Augustine marveled in this powerful vision and he saw his exploration of issues of time as an important tool to illustrate God’s authority and existence. God is beyond eternity, and is not bound by constraints such as time, a concept that no matter how ubiquitous in use, we still have no true understanding of.