Augustinus

Volume 62, Issue 246/247, Julio/Diciembre 2017

Spiritalis Homo: Cuestiones de Espiritualidad Cristiana en Agustín de Hipona

Vittorino Grossi
Pages 487-509

Oración de los salmos y afectividad

The article deals with Augustine‘s thought about Music and the Psalms. The topic of the musical language and the affective theology is addressed, as well as the song as a perception of attractive love, according to Augustine. Later, taking as point of departure Augustine‘s Gnoseology, the interior images and the metaphors of the musical instruments used by St. Augustine are identified, particularly within the en. Ps. Finally, a brief reflection on the relationship between music and the words of the songs is offered, as well as some Augustinian Guidelines on the «musica sacra» for the Contemporary Pastoral Work.