Possidius of Calama : a study of the North African episcopate at the time of Augustine / Erika T. Hermanowicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hermanowicz, Erika T.

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

The Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Possidius, Saint, active 370-437.

Possidius.

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Christian saints--Africa, North--Biography.

Christian saints.

Roman law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Possidius, the bishop of Calama, was a life-long friend of St. Augustine's and best known for writing a biography of the bishop of Hippo, the Vita Augustini. Hermanowicz analyzes both the biography and the legally-oriented career of Possidius to illustrate how active Augustine's colleagues were in soliciting imperial support against their religious competitors and to show just how often Augustine's close friends disagreed with him on important matters of law, coercion anddiplomacy. It is still widely asserted by scholars that St. Augustine dominated the theological landscape of North Africa, b

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. THE VITA AUGUSTINI: AUGUSTINE'S LIFE AND TEXT ACCORDING TO POSSIDIUS; 1. The Vita Augustini; Possidius Defends Augustine; Legal History; The Vita Augustini as Catalogue Raisonné; 2. The Literary Possidius; Possidius Takes the Stage; 'Vox Tua Nempe Mea Est': Autopsy and Allusion; 'He Himself Told Me'; A Life as a City as History as a Book; PART II. POSSIDIUS AND THE LEGAL ACTIVITIES OF NORTH AFRICAN EPISCOPATE; The Life and Carrer of Possidius; 3. Donatists, Catholics, and Appeals to the Law: 392-404; Attempting to Rouse the Law

Theodosius' Law of 392Crispinus and Possidius, the Bishops of Calama; The Law of 381 Against the Manichaeans; The June Council of 404; The Donatists and the Law; Conclusion: Heresy and Schism; 4. Donatist Strategy and Catholic Response, 403-5; The Violence; The Response; A Display of the Wounded; The Edict of Unity; The Problem with Success; 5. Possidius Goes to Court, 408-9; The Riots at Calama, June 408; Local Rule and Imperial Law; The Fall of Stilicho and Violence in Africa; Sirmondian Constitution 14; Possidius and Augustine in Disagreement?; 6. The Conference of 411

The Conference of 411: PreliminariesThe Legal Details: Rescripts and Mandates; Neither Council nor Court Case; The Legal Strategy; Donatist Numbers and Catholic Lies; Ending to Begin Again; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-250) and index.

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ISBN:

9786611852788

0-19-152864-1

1-281-85278-3

OCLC:

328084274