S p i r i t ua l i t y S t u d i e s 8 - 1 S p r i n g 2 0 2 2 5 1 Received January 17, 2022 Revised January 31, 2022 Accepted February 2, 2022 Key words Augustine, exegesis of the Psalms, spiritual exegesis The study deals with selected aspects of the images of God’s mercy in the homiletic exegesis of the biblical Book of Psalms (Lat. Enarrationes in Psalmos) by early Christian author Augustine of Hippo (354–430). This is a continuation of a project of exploration of his homilies that have not yet been sufficiently examined. Augustine uses homiletic commentaries to the Psalms as an effective and comprehensible tool of communication for the transmission of fundamental spiritual impulses regarding God’s mercy to the audience. On the basis of various topics, we present the images that Augustine paid the greatest deal of attention to: Images of Christ as a good Samaritan, as a physician, the Gospel image of a hen and its wings, the image of the Eucharist as an extension of the Incarnation of God’s Son and finally the perception of God’s mercy in relation to the image of the Eucharist as a milk for children. These images have not yet been explored from the point of view of the images of God’s mercy in Augustine’s commentaries to the Psalms. ← ← Augustine of Hippo Prof. ThLic. Miloš Lichner, D.Th., SI, is a theologian specialized in Latin patrology with a particular focus on the theology of St. Augustine and the post-Augustinian tradition along with early Christian dogmatic theology. He is involved in translating and publishing works of the Fathers of the Church in the Slovak language. He currently serves as a president of the Slovak Patristic Society. He is one of co-founders of the Slovak Society for Catholic Theology – the Slovak section of the European Society for Catholic Theology. He authored and co-authored multiple books, research studies and articles. His email is milos.lichner@truni.sk.
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