A comparative reading between St. Augustine and Kierkegaard: similarities between the concepts of grace and condition

Abstract

St. Augustine (354 d.C – 430 d.C) was an author who worked on the concept of grace, within a controversy against Pelagius (350 – 423 d.C). Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855 d.C) was a Danish author who wrote the book "Philosophical Crumbs" under the pseudonym Clímacus, and presents the concept of condition. The concepts of grace and the condition have similarities in relation to the lack of centrality of the category of the will, so admired by the moralists. The objective of this article is to present the central categories of the two authors and to demonstrate the similarities between both.