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1 LIFE IN THE SPIRIT

2 THRESHOLDS IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY Jeffrey Bloechl and Kevin Hart, series editors Philosophy is provoked and enriched by the claims of faith in a revealed God. Theology is stimulated by its contact with the philosophy that proposes to investigate the full range of human experience. At the threshold where they meet, there inevitably arises a discipline of reciprocal interrogation and the promise of mutual enhancement. The works in this series contribute to that discipline and that promise.

3 LIFE in the SPIRIT TRINITARIAN GRAMMAR AND PNEUMATIC COMMUNITY IN HEGEL AND AUGUSTINE DOUGLAS FINN University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana

4 Copyright 2016 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Finn, Douglas Edward. Life in the spirit : Trinitarian grammar and pneumatic community in Hegel and Augustine / Douglas Finn. pages cm. (Thresholds in philosophy and theology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Trinity History of doctrines. 2. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. 3. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, Holy Spirit. I. Title. BT111.3.F ' dc The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.

5 CONTENTS Abbreviations Acknowledgments vii xi Introduction 1 PART I. WORD AND SPIRIT Chapter 1. The Logic of Christ: Hegel s Christology 21 Chapter 2. The Rhetoric of Christ: Augustine s Christology 52 PART II. PENTECOST Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Hegel s Language of Spirit and Its Social Realization 97 Augustine: The Holy Spirit and the Transformation of Language 129 PART III. CHURCH Chapter 5. Hegel s Spiritual Community 175 Chapter 6. Augustine and a Catholic Church with Soul? 238 Conclusion 297 Notes 307 Bibliography 365 Index 389

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7 ABBREVIATIONS Because of the comparative nature and broad intended audience of this work, I have as a rule cited only English translations of Hegel s and Augustine s texts. Where the German or Latin made a difference to my exposition, I have included a reference to the original - language edition used. In the text and notes I have abbreviated the titles of Augustine s works according to the standards set forth in Allan Fitzgerald, ed., Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999), xxxv xlii. Abbreviations of the series titles from which I draw Augustine s works in either the original language or English translation are as follows: BA Bibliothèque augustinienne. Oeuvres de Saint Augustin. Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, CCL Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina. Turnhout: Brepols, CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum. Vienna: Tempsky, FC The Fathers of the Church. Edited by R. J. Deferrari. Washington, DC: Catholic University Press, PL Patrologia Cursus Completus. Series Latina. Edited by J.-P. Migne. Paris: WSA The Works of St. Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century. Edited by J. E. Rotelle. New York: New City Press, vii

8 viii Abbreviations Abbreviations of Hegel s works and the English translations used are as follows: Aes. Enc. ETW LHP LPH LPR PR PS Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art. Translated by T. M. Knox. Oxford: Clarendon Press, Logic (Part I of the Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences).Translated by William Wallace. Oxford: Clarendon Press, = Logic The Philosophy of Nature (Part II of the Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences). Translated by A. V. Miller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, = Nature Philosophy of Mind (Part III of the Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences). Translated by William Wallace. Zusätze from Boumann s 1845 edition translated by A. V. Miller. Oxford: Clarendon, = Mind Early Theological Writings. Translated by T. M. Knox. With an Introduction and Fragments translated by Richard Kroner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Includes The Spirit of Christianity and Its Fate, Lectures on the History of Philosophy: The Lectures of Edited by Robert F. Brown. Translated by R. F. Brown and J. M. Stewart. Berkeley: University of California Press, The Philosophy of History. Translated by J. Sibree. New York: Dover Publications, Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. Edited by Peter C. Hodgson. Translated by R. F. Brown, P. C. Hodgson, and J. M. Stewart. 3 vols. Berkeley: University of California Press, Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Edited by Allen W. Wood. Translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Phenomenology of Spirit. Translated by A. V. Miller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977.

9 Abbreviations ix Reason Lectures on the Philosophy of World History: Introduction. Translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Science Hegel s Science of Logic. Translated by A. V. Miller. of Logic London: Allen & Unwin, 1969.

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11 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My family tells me that this project has taken much too long. It certainly would have taken much longer without the help of many people along the way. I owe immense gratitude to my teachers at Notre Dame: Cyril O Regan, who first suggested the topic and offered invaluable critique and encouragement throughout the work s composition; John Cavadini, whose influence upon my reading of Augustine should be unmistakable; and Lawrence Cunningham, who always asked helpful questions and reminded those of us who spoke perhaps too boldly that Augustine himself died praying the psalms of lament. The Kaneb Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Notre Dame provided funding and institutional support for my stay at Brown University during the academic year. I am grateful to the Religious Studies Department at Brown and the students in the Religion and Critical Thought area for graciously welcoming me. Special thanks are due my host and mentor at Brown, Thomas Lewis, for all he taught me about Hegel and about teaching. My friend Andrew Hofer, O.P., has been amazingly helpful with his suggestions for improvement. More significantly, my life would have been greatly impoverished were it not for his friendship. Niki Clements, Jon Sozek, Fannie Bialek, David Lê, and Jessica Wrobleski read early drafts of several chapters, and I am grateful for their feedback. The two anonymous readers at the University of Notre Dame Press offered great encouragement and very useful suggestions for improvement. Finally, Stephen Little and Jeff Bloechl were instrumental in ushering the manuscript through the publishing process. I offer many thanks to all the above. Any flaws that remain in this work are my own. xi

12 xii Acknowledgments A few personal notes are also in order. I am glad that my silly dog Clement insisted, quite tenaciously at times, on breaking up the writing with walks and games of fetch. My other dear friend, Augustine Marie Reisenauer, O.P., has offered constant counsel and a listening ear over the years, and I am thankful for his presence in my life. Last and most importantly, I want to express in some meager way my virtually inexpressible feelings of gratitude to my parents, Gary and Joan Finn, for all their love, wisdom, and support. My father is the most generous and loving person I know, and I am ever thankful for the wise lessons he has imparted to me. My mother is loving, patient, sensitive, and wise. Her talents as a mother and grandmother are awe- inspiring. It is to my parents that I dedicate this work.