Destruction du paganisme et construction du royaume de DIeu d'après Rufin et Augustin

Similary to Augustine, Rufinus of Aquileia claims that pagan beliefs and cults are an 'ancient mistake' of demoniacal origin. According to prophets' predictions and to what the demons themselves had foretold, the abolition of sacrifices - and more extensively - the end of pagan cults as well as the...

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Author:Françoise Thelamon
Published: S.n., s.l., 1990
Volume:11
Pages:523-544
Periodical:Cristianesimo nella storia
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Paganism
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Latin Christian writers > Rufinus of Aquileia
- Doctrine > From man to God > Jesus Christ. Redemption. Sacraments. Church. Grace. Mariology. > [Cité de Dieu. Ecclésiologie] > [Règne de Dieu]
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Summary:Similary to Augustine, Rufinus of Aquileia claims that pagan beliefs and cults are an 'ancient mistake' of demoniacal origin. According to prophets' predictions and to what the demons themselves had foretold, the abolition of sacrifices - and more extensively - the end of pagan cults as well as the closing of shrines represent a new stage in the history of Redemption which is realized on earth and that contemporaries are allowed to experience. With regard to the above mentioned position, Rufinus' presentation and narration of the destruction of pagan cult in Alexandria and of Serapeion is exemplary. Ruffinus sees in the violent connotation of the repression against pagans, a manifestation of the attempt of resistance made by demons; above all, however, he presents the success achieved by Christians as the evident demonstration of the fact that the time of the real God's triumph on demons has finally come. The Kingdom of Heaven is thus realized on earth.

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