The Church Fathers confront war
This article studies the problem of war from the perspective of a gradual co-responsibility on the part of Christians towards Roman society. As peace became perceived as something that concerned not only the intra-community sphere, and its horizon shifted from eschatology to history, the problem of...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2024
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Concilium
Year: 2024, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-67 |
| Further subjects: | B
Fathers of the church
B Eschatology |
| Summary: | This article studies the problem of war from the perspective of a gradual co-responsibility on the part of Christians towards Roman society. As peace became perceived as something that concerned not only the intra-community sphere, and its horizon shifted from eschatology to history, the problem of war arose in terms of the 'government' of violence, the expression of an imperfect world. The recognition of the providential role played by the empire in facilitating the spread of the gospel message led to a dampening of latent opposition to it and, as a consequence, the adoption of the intra-worldly sphere as the context within which to operate to ensure its support. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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