La metáfora de la ecclesia mater en la literatura antidonatista

The modern scholars have studied the maternity of the Church independently from the anti-Donatist literature. But a careful study of the anti-Donatist documents reveals many interesting elements. According to Optatus and Augustine the notion of mother was abscribed to all believers, because the body...

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Author:Paola Marone
Published: S.n., s.l., 2021
Volume:66
Pages:213-225
Language:Spanish
Periodical:Augustinus
Number:260-261
ISSN:004-802X
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Donatism. Tyconius > Donatism > Anti-Donatist
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Latin Christian writers > Optatus of Milevius
- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Topics - Latin vocabulary > E > Ecclesia Mater
Status:Active
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Summary:The modern scholars have studied the maternity of the Church independently from the anti-Donatist literature. But a careful study of the anti-Donatist documents reveals many interesting elements. According to Optatus and Augustine the notion of mother was abscribed to all believers, because the body of Christ was formed of all those the Church bore as children through the baptism. According to both African bishops also the donatists gave a valid baptism, but only Augustine demonstrated how the salvation could be found outside of the viscera Ecclesiae. Then this article deals with the image of the Ecclesia mater as illustrated in the Adversus Donatistas of Optatus published in answer to the donatist bishop Parmenianus and in all that Augustine penned against the schismatics (Tractatus, Sermones, Epistulae). By doing so, it presents a picture of the African theology of the fourth century.

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