The organization of Augustine's Psalmus contra Partem Donati

Augustine of Hippo writes in the Retractations that he composed his Psalmus contra Partem Donati (393) as a retort to the rhymed 'psalms' which Donatist congregations chanted, and that he had intended his own Psalm for chanting in his congregation? Instead of a lyrical hymn, however, Augustine compo...

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Author:Daniel J. Nodes
Published: Brill, Leiden, 2009
Volume:63
Pages:390-408
Language:English
Periodical:Vigiliae Christianae
Number:4
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Church, Liturgy, African Monachism > African Donatism > Donatism
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Donatism. Tyconius > Donatism > Conflict
- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic
- Works > Augustine writer > Poetry > Rhythmic
- Works > Anti-Donatist Works > Psalmus contra partem Donati, Psalmus abecedarius > Psalmus contra partem Donati > Rhetoric
- Works > Anti-Donatist Works > Psalmus contra partem Donati, Psalmus abecedarius > Psalmus contra partem Donati > [Technique poétique]
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