Stoicisme Dalam Teologi Sakramen Santo Agustinus

Saint Augustine is tradionally known as a Christian thinker strongly influenced by Platonic tradition. His reflection on sacrament has strongly been considered as a Christian-Platonic achievement in theology. This work begs to differ on this point. It will analyse his sacramental theology and argue for a trace of Stoic tradition in his comprehension of the sacrament, instead of Platonic or Neoplatonic tradition. An analysis of his interest in language and rhetoric (i.e. his philosophy of language), the notions used, the logic applied could indicate a strong influence of Stoicism. His comprehension of the term ‘sign’ gives a hint of knowledge of or acquintance with the Stoic tradition. Given the importance of the notion ‘sign’ in his theology, his reflection on sacrament cannot be the other way round.