Análise hermenêutica e filosófica da fé e verdade em De fide rerum quae non uidentur, de Agostinho

Abstract

Our work aims to investigate, through bibliographic and hermeneutical methodology, the concepts of faith and truth within the framework of Aurelius Augustine, in order to trace and delimit, in his sermon entitled De fide rerum invisibilium - dated between 420-425 a.C. -, what the invisible things to which the author so emphatically refers, represent to him. In this sense, for such breakthroughs to be possible, it becomes necessary to examine individual and relevant elements, such as the depiction of truth in Late Antiquity, the boundaries within which it becomes confused with and distinguished from falsehood, and the meaning of authority and charity within the linguistic field of early christianity. Through this sequence of stages and approaches, these fundamental spheres are brought together with the aim of shedding light on the sermon under analysis. With this objective in mind, we seek to overcome certain nuances - whether related to language, a domain of particular importance for Augustine, or historical and/or conceptual issues -, in order to analyze the work in question and thus contribute to its insertion into a broader sphere of academic knowledge within the field of the study of Science of Religion. This endeavor seeks to promote an in-depth perspective on a sermon that was identified relatively recently. It is on this at point that our historical-textual analysis is situated, through which we aim to relate concepts, underlying elements, and historicity, thereby assisting in a deeper understanding of the trajectory of the augustinian period.