Possidius of Calama
A Study of the North African Episcopate in the Age of Augustine
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 March 2008
- ISBN 9780199236350
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages270 pages
- Size 242x162x20 mm
- Weight 568 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Hermanowicz analyzes Possidius' episcopal career and the biography of his life-long friend St. Augustine, the Vita Augustini She challenges the widely-held view of Augustine dominating the theological landscape of North Africa, demonstrating how often his position was isolated on key matters of law, coercion and diplomacy.
MoreLong description:
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 and diplomacy. It is still widely asserted by scholars that St. Augustine dominated the theological landscape of North Africa, but this engaging study demonstrates how often he was, in fact, singular and isolated in his beliefs.
This book is of great significance for Augustinian studies and the mould in qhich Augustine's works were recast from the fifth century onwards.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Vita Augustini: Augustine's Life and Text According to Possidius
The Vita Augustini
The Literary Possidius
Possidius and the Legal Activities of the North African Episcopate
Donatists, Catholics and Appeals to the Law: 392-404
Donatist Strategy and Catholic Response: 403-405
Possidius Goes to Court: 408-409
The Conference of 411
Conclusion
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