Did Gregory the Great know Greek?
Two assumptions have been made by generations of scholars, including F. Homes Dudden, Pierre Batiffol, and in more recent times, Pierre Riché; the first is that Gregory the Great, in spite of six years’ residence in Constantinople as apoaisiarius, knew no Greek; the second, that he was totally ignor...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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1976
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Studies in church history
Anno: 1976, Volume: 13, Pagine: 121-134 |
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| Riepilogo: | Two assumptions have been made by generations of scholars, including F. Homes Dudden, Pierre Batiffol, and in more recent times, Pierre Riché; the first is that Gregory the Great, in spite of six years’ residence in Constantinople as apoaisiarius, knew no Greek; the second, that he was totally ignorant of eastern theological thought.As we shall see later, there are good grounds for challenging both these assumptions, though it will not be possible in this paper to do more than to indicate the lines upon which the second of them may be answered. However, before we examine them, it would be as well to consider how far Greek was known and studied in Rome during the century and a half which preceded Gregory’s birth in about 540, and in his own lifetime. |
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| ISSN: | 2059-0644 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Studies in church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S042420840000663X |
