Unfriendly and polemical elements in Augustine’s correspondence with other clerics
Nearly half of the letters written by Augustine were directed to other clerics. The paper analyses how polemical intentions could be hidden behind friendly formulas. Particular consideration is given to the correspondence between Augustine and Donatist clerics, whom he treated as his peers and broth...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2018
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 110-124 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430, Epistulae
/ Clergy
/ Polemics
/ Unfreundlichkeit
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
letters
Donatists
Church hierarchy in Late Antiquity
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| Summary: | Nearly half of the letters written by Augustine were directed to other clerics. The paper analyses how polemical intentions could be hidden behind friendly formulas. Particular consideration is given to the correspondence between Augustine and Donatist clerics, whom he treated as his peers and brothers.<fnote> The research was funded by the Polish National Science Centre grants: “The Presbyters in the Late Antique West” (2013/10/E/HS3/00202) and “The History of the Donatist Schism” (2015/19/D/HS3/00626).</fnote> |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2018-0016 |