Augustine’s Cyprian

Authority in Roman Africa

AvMatthew Alan Gaumer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del 73 i serien Brill's Series in Church History

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Beskrivning

In Augustine’s Cyprian Matthew Gaumer retraces how Augustine of Hippo devised the ultimate strategy to suppress Donatist Christianity, an indigenous form of the religion in ancient North Africa. Spanning nearly forty years, Augustine’s entire clerical career was spent combating the Donatists and seeking the dominance of the Catholic Church in North Africa. Through a variety of approaches Augustine evolved a method to successfully outlaw and deconstruct the Donatist Church’s organisation. This hinged on concerted preaching, tract writing, integrating Roman imperial authorities, and critically: by denying the Donatists’ exclusive claim to Cyprian of Carthage. Re-appropriation of Cyprian’s authority required Augustine and his allies to re-write history and pose positions contrary to Cyprian’s. In the end, Cyprian was the Donatists’ no longer.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt:743 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill's Series in Church History
Antal sidor:372
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004312630

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Matthew Alan Gaumer, Ph.D. (University of Leuven, 2012), is a U.S Army Officer based in Stuttgart, Germany. He has published extensively on ancient North Africa, Augustine of Hippo, the Donatist Controversy, logistics, and military strategy.

Recensioner i media

"This is a compellingly interesting study, well executed and raising new questions for the Augustine-Cyprian relations." - Allen Brent, King’s College, London, in: Church History and Religious Culture 98:1 (2018), pp. 139-141.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsPreface List of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsTimelinesIntroduction Part 1 Augustine’s Early Years as a Church Leader and Initial Reactions to Donatist ChristianityAugustine’s First Years of Ministry, the 390sThe Need for an Auctoritas, Why Did Augustine Need Cyprian?The Election of Primian and Its Polemical Consequences, Mid 390s Part 2 The Maturation of the Anti-Donatist CampaignDe Baptismo and the Controversy’s Escalation, 400–01 The Process of Appropriation Sustaining Appropriation Part 3 Augustine’s Cyprian in the Pelagian ControversyThe Cyprian-Appropriation in the Anti-Pelagian Campaigns General Conclusions Bibliography Index