This thinker claimed that God created the world instantaneously rather than over the course of six days in the work The Literal Meaning of Genesis. This thinker quoted Ticonius’s seven rules of interpretation in a work that argued for using signs to properly teach scripture. This thinker influenced Wesleyan–Arminian theology with his distinction between “prevenient” and “operative” grace, which he used to justify predestination. The theologian Pelagius was condemned for denying this thinker’s conception of original sin. This author of On Christian Doctrine and On the Trinity originated the term “just war” in a book contrasting an “earthly” realm with a metaphysical “heavenly” realm. For 10 points, name this theologian who wrote The City of God and Confessions. ■END■
ANSWER: Augustine of Hippo [or Saint Augustine]
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