Matthew Alan Gaumer Augustine's Cyprian

authority in Roman Africa

[Omslag] In Augustine's Cyprian Matthew Gaumer retraces how Augustine of Hippo devised the ultimate strategy to suppress Donatist Christianity, an indigenous form of the religion in ancient North Africa. Spanning nearly forty years, Augustine's entire clerical career was spent combating the Donatists and seeking the dominance of the Catholic Church in North Africa. Through a variety of approaches Augustine evolved a method to successfully outlaw and deconstruct the Donatist Church's organisation....

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Engels | 372 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2016

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