Die Deutung der Weltgeschichte in der Langform der "Apokalypse des Thomas" (Codex Palatinus: §§ 2-10)
The article offers the Latin text plus a first German translation and analysis of the long version of the Latin Apocalypse of Thomas (§§ 2-10 in Codex Palatinus). This widely neglected text consists of a mixture of vaticinia ex eventu and motifs common to apocalyptic descriptions of history. Even th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2018]
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| In: |
Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2018, Volume: 94, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-274 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thomasapokalypse
/ Schlacht von Adrianopel (378)
/ World history
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | The article offers the Latin text plus a first German translation and analysis of the long version of the Latin Apocalypse of Thomas (§§ 2-10 in Codex Palatinus). This widely neglected text consists of a mixture of vaticinia ex eventu and motifs common to apocalyptic descriptions of history. Even though it describes times of chaos and disorder, it does not clearly mirror the idea of a one-dimensional degeneration of world, time and history. While earlier authors attribute it to Priscillianist and/or Manichaean circles, the present authors argue that it was written from the perspective of Nicaeno-Constantinopolitan "orthodoxy". A few quite clear allusions to historical events in the fourth and fifth centuries allow to date it between the years 430 and (probably) 450 CE. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1423 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/ETL.94.2.3284879 |