Quodvultdeus’ Sermons on the Creed: a Reassessment of his Polemics against the Jews, Pagans, and Arians

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angličtina

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Quodvultdeus’ Sermons on the Creed: a Reassessment of his Polemics against the Jews, Pagans, and Arians

Original language description

The sermons of Quodvultdeus Bishop of Carthage during the time of the Vandal invasion of Africa are characterised by their harsh polemics against the Jews, Pagans, and Arians (De symbolo 1-3; Contra Iudaeos, paganos, et Arrianos; De accedentibus ad gratiam 1-2). The polemics against the Arians derived from the fact that the new lords of Africa, the Vandals, were Arians who promoted their belief and persecuted the Romans for professing their Catholic faith. This paper aims to reassess the polemical character of Quodvultdeus’ sermons. They are examined in their liturgical context and compared to other contemporary writings on the Creed, and finally discussed in their historical and religious context. In view of this analysis, it can be stated that the works of Quodvultdeus studied here are not primarily anti-heretical, but they rather focus on affirming the doctrine of the Church and on the adherence of the newly baptised to the Church as a means of salvation. Quodvultdeus’ harsh anti-heretical language is not exceptional in the Latin tradition of creedal catechesis during the 4th and 5th centuries and has there- fore chiefly a catechetical function.

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60303 - Theology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GBP401%2F12%2FG168" target="_blank" >GBP401/12/G168: History and Interpretation of the Bible</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Vox Patrum

ISSN

0860-9411

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Volume of the periodical

37

Issue of the periodical within the volume

68

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

355-369

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