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Solicitud pastoral y controversia eclesiológica en el libro XV del Contra Faustum de Agustín de Hipona

This article demonstrates why the work Contra Faustum Manichaeum of Augustine of Hippo deserves to be studied from an ecclesiastical approach and not only under the exegetical aspect, as it is usually done. To this end, the structure and content of Book XV is analyzed, showing that this is a...

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Author:Bruno N. D'Andrea
Published: S.n., s.l., 2021
Volume:62
Pages:459-491
Language:Spanish
Periodical:Teología y vida
Number:3
ISSN:0049-3449
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Person and Life > Specialized biographical studies > rhetor (Augustine -)
- Biography > Person and Life > Augustin, shepard of souls > pastoral action
- Works > Anti-Manichean Works > Contra Faustum Manicheum
Status:Active
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Summary:This article demonstrates why the work Contra Faustum Manichaeum of Augustine of Hippo deserves to be studied from an ecclesiastical approach and not only under the exegetical aspect, as it is usually done. To this end, the structure and content of Book XV is analyzed, showing that this is a disputatio about an ecclesiological title claimed by both sides. Finally, this work highlights the ecclesiological image that Augustine proposes, as well as the language of pastoral solicitude that he uses to vindicate his exercise of the episcopal ministry, which was especially concerned with the care of catechesis, the proclamation of the Christian message and especially, the protection of the simplex fides of the believers in his community.