Conference and confession: literary pragmatics in Augustine's 'Apologia contra Hieronymum'

De doctrina Christ. and the Confessions expound and enact a 'literary pragmatics' that depends on the ideal of the biblical 'conference': a text act performed jointly by people in the presence of God and in a spirit of charity. This paradigm is a reaction to Jerome's advocacy of an ascetic and profe...

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Author:Mark Vessey
Published: S.n., s.l., 1993
Volume:1
Pages:175-213
Periodical:Journal of Early Christian Studies
Number:2
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Students & Correspondents > Paulinus of Nola
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Latin Christian writers > Jerome (about 350-420) > Jerome
- Works > Augustine writer > Working method. Technique of editing
- Works > Doctrinal works > De agone christiano
- Works > Confessiones
- Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Exegesis
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:De doctrina Christ. and the Confessions expound and enact a 'literary pragmatics' that depends on the ideal of the biblical 'conference': a text act performed jointly by people in the presence of God and in a spirit of charity. This paradigm is a reaction to Jerome's advocacy of an ascetic and professional practice of scriptural interpretation.