"Pardon Those Who Have Wronged You for the First Time": Ambrose's Conception of venia and Its Use in His Letters to Theodosius I (Ep. 61-62)

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2222582X.2018.1531244" target="_blank" >10.1080/2222582X.2018.1531244</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

"Pardon Those Who Have Wronged You for the First Time": Ambrose's Conception of venia and Its Use in His Letters to Theodosius I (Ep. 61-62)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article deals with two specific letters written by Ambrose after the civil war between the usurper Eugenius and the emperor Theodosius I in 394. In both letters, which are directed to Theodosius I to urge him to grant pardon to the defeated party of Eugenius, we read Ambrose praising venia (mercy) as a virtue that needs to be practised in imitation of the Christian God. When taken at face value, the letters and the bishop appear to have played a major role in influencing Theodosius l&apos;s decision of pardon which followed shortly after the battle. When the history of granting pardon is examined, however, it becomes apparent that Ambrose&apos;s venia is in fact not very different from the mercy which had been practised by the Roman emperors, Theodosius I included, towards their enemies since the days of Julius Caesar. With the assertion of this practice, the self-declared intercessor Ambrose&apos;s letters, which were written in the vein of other letters of antiquity that almost always pursued the goal of showing off one&apos;s literary skills and therefore should be read with caution, should be considered no more than two letters gilded with Christian rhetoric to convey the bishop&apos;s version of events to posterity.

Název v anglickém jazyce

"Pardon Those Who Have Wronged You for the First Time": Ambrose's Conception of venia and Its Use in His Letters to Theodosius I (Ep. 61-62)

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article deals with two specific letters written by Ambrose after the civil war between the usurper Eugenius and the emperor Theodosius I in 394. In both letters, which are directed to Theodosius I to urge him to grant pardon to the defeated party of Eugenius, we read Ambrose praising venia (mercy) as a virtue that needs to be practised in imitation of the Christian God. When taken at face value, the letters and the bishop appear to have played a major role in influencing Theodosius l&apos;s decision of pardon which followed shortly after the battle. When the history of granting pardon is examined, however, it becomes apparent that Ambrose&apos;s venia is in fact not very different from the mercy which had been practised by the Roman emperors, Theodosius I included, towards their enemies since the days of Julius Caesar. With the assertion of this practice, the self-declared intercessor Ambrose&apos;s letters, which were written in the vein of other letters of antiquity that almost always pursued the goal of showing off one&apos;s literary skills and therefore should be read with caution, should be considered no more than two letters gilded with Christian rhetoric to convey the bishop&apos;s version of events to posterity.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Journal of Early Christian History

ISSN

2222-582X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

9

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

ZA - Jihoafrická republika

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

79-93

Kód UT WoS článku

000512782600004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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