Weblog. – Donatismus

Article. Adamiak. Who Was Rebaptized by the Donatists, and Why? 2019.

July 7, 2020 Academical Paper Article Sites No Comments

The Donatists’ repetition of baptism was one of the main charges brought against them by their contemporary Catholic critics. The theological issue at stake was very serious, and indeed rebaptism was hotly discussed in the Christian polemical writings of the period. However, this article argues that rebaptisms could not have…

Quote. Rafał Toczko. The [Augustine’s] Definition of a Martyr. 2018.

May 8, 2020 Academical Paper Article No Comments

The Definition of a Martyr Among the standard techniques of early Christian polemical literature is rebuttal based on locus finitionis. It served the purpose of persuading the audience that one’s opponent is getting things wrong because he gets words wrong, i. e. definitions. The Roman state persecuted the Donatists, and…

Article. Mastandrea. Passioni di martiri donatisti (BHL 4473 e 5271). 1995.

May 13, 2019 Article No Comments

Passioni di martiri donatisti (BHL 4473 e 5271) Paolo Mastandrea Nel 1685 Jean Mabillon «scopriva» in un codice di Laon, e stampava senza remore, due agiografie africane altrettanto insolite per scenario storico (collocato verso la metà del IV sec.) e matrice ideologica: la Passio benedicti martyris Marculi e la Passio…

Book. Du Pin. Sancti Optati Afri Milevitani episcopi De schismate donatistarum libri septem ad manuscriptos codices et veteres editiones collati. 1700.

October 25, 2018 Book Sites No Comments

Sancti Optati Afri Milevitani episcopi De schismate donatistarum libri septem ad manuscriptos codices et veteres editiones collati; et innumeris locis emendati. Quibus accessere historia donatistarum. Author Ludovicus Ellies Du Pin (1657-1719) Publication date 1700 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics bub_upload Publisher apud Andream Pralard, bibliopolam, via San-Jacobaea, ad insigne…