Augustine's Cyprian :
Series: Brill's series in church history and religious culture ; . volume 73 Physical details: xxiv, 372 pages ; 25 cm ISBN:9789004312630 (hardback : alk. paper); 9004312633 (hardback : alk. paper).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie | 270.2 BRI (Browse shelf) | 1 | Not For Loan | APA041962 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-365) and index.
Augustine's early years as a church leader and initial reactions to Donatist Christianity -- Augustine's first years of ministry, the 390s -- The need for an auctoritas: why did Augustine need Cyprian? -- The election of Primian and its polemical consequences, mid 390s -- The maturation of the anti-Donatist campaign -- De baptismo and the controversy's escalation, 400-01 -- The process of appropriation -- Sustaining appropriation -- Augustine's Cyprian in the Pelagian controversy -- The Cyprian-appropriation in the anti-Pelagian campaigns -- General conclusions.
Augustine's Cyprian' retraces the demise of Donatist Christianity in ancient North Africa. Set during the Roman Empire's collapse, this work accounts how Augustine of Hippo initiated one of the most prolific re-appropriations of authority in ancient Christianity: Cyprian of Carthage.
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