Fuggire durante la persecuzione?

Agostino e i Vandali

The paper provides an examination of Augustine's Epistle 228. In the text, written at the urging of the Vandal invasion, the bishop forbids ministers to abandon their sees and leave their flock without the fundamental sacraments for Christian life. Fuga in persecutione had been a concern since Tertu...

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Bibliographic Details
Author:Claudio Moreschini
Published: Edipuglia, Bari, 2019
Volume:22
Pages:419-431
Language:Italian
Periodical:Auctores nostri. Studi e Testi di Letteratura cristiana antica
ISSN:2239-9852
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Invasions of the Vandals
- Works > Epistulae > [Epistulae - numérotées] > Ep. 228
Status:Active
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Summary:The paper provides an examination of Augustine's Epistle 228. In the text, written at the urging of the Vandal invasion, the bishop forbids ministers to abandon their sees and leave their flock without the fundamental sacraments for Christian life. Fuga in persecutione had been a concern since Tertullian's times and the solution prospected by Augustine reveals his incertitude and anxiety.