The 'anti-Manichaean' passage in Confessions 3 and its 'Manichaean audience'
This article is an analysis of Confessions 3.6.10 to 3.10.18 to support an argument that many strategies in Augustine's masterpiece are eminently suited to communicate with a Manichaean audience and designed to convince such an audience of the errors of Manichaeism. The passage in question is genera...
Author: | Annemaré Kotzé |
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Published: |
S.n.,
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2008
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Volume: | 62 |
Pages: | 187-200 |
Language: | English |
Periodical: | Vigiliae Christianae |
Number: | 2 |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
Biography
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Relations and Sources
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Manichaeism. Neo-manichaeism
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Manichaeism related to Augustine
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anti-Manichean
- Works > Confessiones > Conf. III > Conf. III, 10-18 - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Critique du manichéisme] - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Destinataire] - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Manichéisme] |
Status: | Active |
Summary: | This article is an analysis of Confessions 3.6.10 to 3.10.18 to support an argument that many strategies in Augustine's masterpiece are eminently suited to communicate with a Manichaean audience and designed to convince such an audience of the errors of Manichaeism. The passage in question is generally described as strongly anti-Manichaean, but I argue that the argumentative and emotional tone of the passage combined with the amount of space spent on a few core aspects of Manichaeism make the passage an effective protreptic directed at a specific category of 'Manichaean' readers. |
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