IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1105: The Use of Letters in Early Christian Polemics, 4th - 5th Centuries
Wednesday 6 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Katedra Filologii Klasycznej, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń |
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Organiser: | Rafał Toczko, Katedra Filologii Klasycznej, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń |
Moderator/Chair: | Przemysław Nehring, Katedra Filologii Klasycznej, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń |
Paper 1105-a | Polemical Strategies in the Anti-Donatist Letters of St Augustine (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Rhetoric, Theology |
Paper 1105-b | Jerome's Polemic in His Letter to Sabinianus (Ep. 147) (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism |
Paper 1105-c | The Letters of Julian of Aeclanum in the East (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Greek, Language and Literature - Latin, Theology |
Abstract | The papers in this session aim at presenting the dynamics of the early Christian epistolary polemics. The authors analyse the letters of St Jerome, St Augustine, and Julian of Eclanum in the context of persuasive strategies exploited in their letters dedicated to denigrating their opponents and finding applause for their own positions. The stress is put on presenting the multi-dimensional image of the epistolary polemics of the late-4th and early-5th centuries, taking under consideration both individual (Jerome's letter to Sabinianus) and ecclesiastical controversies (Donatism, Pelagianism), letters written as accusations (Jerome, Augustine) and those designed to clear of charges (Julian's letters). |