Original Sin in Tertullian and Cyprian: Conceptual Presence and Pre-Augustinian Content?
Augustine of Hippo's notion of peccatum originale did not come out of the blue. In the scholarly discussion about the traditional' or innovative' character of Augustine's doctrine of original sin, G. Bonner and M. Hollingworth argued for its specifically African roots. In order...
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[2017]
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Revue d'études augustiniennes et patristiques
Jahr: 2017, Band: 63, Heft: 1, Seiten: 1-29 |
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Tertullianus, Quintus Septimius Florens 150-230
/ Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius, Heiliger 200-258
/ Augustinus, Aurelius, Heiliger 354-430
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| IxTheo Notationen: | KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika NBE Anthropologie |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Augustine of Hippo's notion of peccatum originale did not come out of the blue. In the scholarly discussion about the traditional' or innovative' character of Augustine's doctrine of original sin, G. Bonner and M. Hollingworth argued for its specifically African roots. In order to evaluate the possible Africanness' of Augustine's concept of peccatum originale, the current article addresses the two main protagonists of African theological thinking before Augustine: Tertullian (2nd/3rd c.) and Cyprian (3rd c.). They explicitly reflected on (infant) baptism and (the Adamic) sin, issues relevant for the doctrine of original sin, and Augustine refers to their writings for this reason. Did Tertullian and Cyprian lay the foundations of the doctor gratiae's highly sophisticated doctrine of original sin? To answer this question, we gathered as exhaustively as possible all available evidence. Processing this quite elaborate collection of sources shows that Tertullian and Cyprian created a conceptual framework in which it was possible for Augustine to develop all aspects of his doctrine of original sin, some of which differed considerably from the positions of Tertullian and Cyprian, including also some of the extreme implications of the Augustinian view. |
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| ISSN: | 2428-3606 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Revue d'études augustiniennes et patristiques
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.REA.4.2017071 |