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La giustificazione dei provvedimenti antidonatisti di Costantino nel primo libro del Contra epistulam Parmeniani di Agostino
Catapano, Giovanni
2014
Abstract
This paper analyses the arguments that Augustine of Hippo gives in the first book of his work Contra epistulam Parmeniani with the aim of justifying Constantine the Great’s measures against the Donatists. Although these arguments are probably preceded in time by similar remarks in the second book of Augustine’s Contra litteras Petiliani, they represent the first organic statement of Augustine’s defense of the emperor’s right to judge about religious matters and to persecute schismatics and heretics. This paper suggests that Augustine never changed his mind about such a right in principle, but only about its practical usefulness for settling religious disputes.
Series
Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics
XVI (2014) 1
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Giovanni Catapano, "La giustificazione dei provvedimenti antidonatisti di Costantino nel primo libro del Contra epistulam Parmeniani di Agostino", in: Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, XVI (2014) 1, pp. 472-486
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