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1. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Emmanuel Albano Rivelare e Tacere: Note per una riflessione su Scrittura e Tradizione nel pensiero di Clemente di Alessandria. I. Il principio biblico-filosofico della rivelazione
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The article aims at investigating in depth the idea of revelation expressed in the works of Clement of Alexandria. In particular, it focuses on the biblical-philosophical foundations; namely, how Clement, starting from an openness to the Greek cultural world, incorporates Greek philosophy into Christian revelation, albeit with some variations, thus making it part and parcel of his way of under-standing the relationship between Holy Scripture and Tradition.
2. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Manlio Simonetti Origene, il pozzo di Giacobbe e l’άνήρ della samaritana
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With regard to the interpretation of the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman examined by Origen in Book 13 of the Commentary on John, in this study the Author analyzes certain terms (e.g. φρέαρ, πηγή, άνήρ, νόμος) or expressions (e.g. “you spoke the truth there”, Io. 4, 18) on which Origen’s analysis focuses, and he concludes that the great Alexandrian exegete does not seem to show his best skills in these explanations.
3. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Edwina Murphy Cyprian’s Use of Philippians: To live is Christ and to die is gain
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Cyprian’s appropriation of Scripture and his theological emphases are closely connected with the circumstances of his congregation. As a case study in Cyprian’s biblical interpretation, this article considers all his quotations of and allusions to Philippians through the lens of his pastoral concerns: the unity of the Church; care for the poor and captive; discipline and repentance; and divine truth and eternal glory. The reading strategies Cyprian uses can be categorized as contextual exegesis, model, image, direct application, and prophetic fulfilment. The study provides a fresh perspective on patronage and almsgiving in Cyprian, deepens our understanding of the reception of Paul, and elucidates the interplay of text, context and theology in an important exponent of early Latin exegesis.
4. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Roberta Franchi “Ferita d’amore io sono” (CT. 2,5): La Vita di Macrina e le Omelie sul Cantico dei Cantici di Gregorio di Nissa
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This article analyzes the Life of Macrina by comparing it with the mystical experience of the bride in the Commentary on the Song of Songs, both works written by Gregory of Nyssa. In the Life of Macrina, Gregory adopts the same imagery that he uses to portray the bride in the Commentary on the Song of Songs in order to emphasize Macrina’s angelic status and her pure love for God. Although scholars have pointed out the value of virginity in the life of Macrina, another aspect has to be taken into account: her spousal virginity. Since Gregory uses the paradox within theological reflection and a theological context, Macrina's condition as bride of Christ comes to be realized paradoxically through her choice of virginity. Thanks to her spousal virginity, she joins Christ as His bride. Thus, in keeping with the Commentary on the Song of Songs, Macrina is the bride, Christ is the Bridegroom, and the mystical union is reached.
5. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Giuseppe Peressotti Simboli ecclesiali dal Commento a Matteo in area aquileiese
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Writing in his pamphlet, De viris illustribus, St. Jerome informs us that Fortunatianus, bishop of Aquileia, wrote a Commentary on the Gospels. However, until a few years ago, we knew only a few fragments of this work. Now, thanks to the scholar Lukas Dorfbauer and to the manuscript Köln – D, we have the complete work. This paper presents this work, pending a critical edition, in which the Author dwells on the text of the Gospel of Matthew, capturing Fortunatianus’s interpretation and his references to the Church. To this are added some thoughts about the Church found in the commentaries of other Church Fathers of the fourth century.
6. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Americo Miranda La fede degli iniziati: L’itinerario dei credenti nelle Catechesi Mistagogiche del IV secolo
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In the mystagogical catecheses of the fourth century (Cyril of Jerusalem, Ambrose, John Chrysostom), the term “faith” defines significantly the condition both of the catechumens and of the initiates at the end of their itinerary. The believer reaches the condition of “faithful” thanks to the support of the community, through an experience involving several ascetical aspects. For both eastern and western preachers, contact with the mystery during the liturgy leads to a particular expression of faith: through an existential break in the catechumen’s experience, baptism determines the full adhesion of every believer to the profession of the faith of the community.
7. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Alberto Nigra Su tre Scholia teopaschiti di Giovanni di Scitopoli al de divinis nominibus
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John of Scythopolis, the first scholiast of the Corpus Dionysiacum, played a role in the debates that took place after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and contributed in an original way to the development of Christological dogma in preparation for the Council of Constantinople II in 553. In particular, he uses the theopaschite formula both in its so-called “Alexandrian” version as well as in that attributed to the Scythian monks. Several instances of the formula occur in three of his Scholia on Dionysius’s De divinis nominibus and show both his concentration upon the hypostasis of the Word as well as his identification of Christ with the Lovgoç. In this way, he looks for a new via media within Christological doctrine that truly can be called “Neo-chalcedonian.”
8. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Clara Burini de Lorenzi Gli epistolari cristiani dei primi cinque secoli e il trasformarsi delle lettere
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The immense wealth of Greek and Latin Christian epistolography shows that in the first five centuries, the type of the letter reflects particularly the numerous topics in which theological and doctrinal issues, ecclesial and liturgical matters, and moral and social developmental questions are addressed. The epistolary genre increasingly becomes richer and more diversified as each letter bears witness to the faith and culture of its author. The pedagogical purpose remains dominant while the contents reflect the many issues and problems that concern both the sender and receiver in matters of doctrine, the Church, and the reality of social life. The line of argument and style indicate at the same time the author’s culture and heritage as received from the classical tradition.
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9. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Francesco Fiorentino La recente edizione di una traduzione trecentesca del De Civitate Dei
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This article presents the recent edition which the research team, direct-ed by Olivier Bertrand, undertook in order to give back to the schol-arly community concerned with Augustine of Hippo the translation, in Middle French, by Raoul de Presles (1371-1375) of De civitate Dei commissioned by Charles V, the Good, King of France, while he was involved in the recapture of Brittany after the Treaty of Bretigny dur-ing the Hundred Years’ War. This translation, which originally enjoyed an enormous market success, has finally appeared in a critical edition consisting of five volumes. Until now, only the first two volumes have been available, containing, respectively, books I-III and IV-V.
10. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Vittorino Grossi L’immagine musicale nelle Enarrationes in Psalmos di Agostino: L’interazione con la teologia ‘affettiva’
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This article regarding musical language and its interaction with affective theology according to the study carried out by Laurence Wuidar (La Simbologia musicale nei Commenti ai salmi di Agostino, Mimesis 11, Milano - Udine 2014, 127) explains musical images in relation to inner images, as in the Commentaries on the Psalms by Augustine of Hippo. By combining beauty and love, the Augustinian coordinates for the singing of Psalms as a perception of a love received as a gift and of a response composed of a love which expresses itself by “singing well” leads to an interaction between musical language and affective theology, the latter being one of the privileged sources of the former. When developing the relationship between musical language and feelings, Augustine works out with regard to the singing of Psalms, a form of Christian paideia which in turn becomes a locus theologicus of affective theology, the story of God’s love for human beings set to music.
11. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Donato de Gianni Nota critico-testuale a Niceta di Remesiana
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In lines 9, 5-6 Turner [=9, 9-10 Burn]) of Nicetas of Remesiana’s De uigiliis seruorum Dei the Author suggests reading, in accordance with the majority of relevant manuscripts and with the passage as a whole, ne cruditatem ructantes et crapulam, against the text established by the pamphlet’s most recent editor on the sole basis of codex R (nec foeditate ructantes et crapula). The re-use in the passage of a locus of Cyprian (laps. 30 [ed. M. Bévenot, CCSL 3, 237-238]) supports the restitutio textus and is a significant example of the imitational method employed by Nicetas.
12. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Sever J. Voicu La data di Leonzio presbitero di Costantinopoli
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According to Cornelis Datema, the still mysterious Leontius of Con-stantinople preached sometime around 557, whereas Michel Asmus places him between the end of the 4th century and the mid-5th century. This paper contends that the memory of a deceased bishop that closes the homily Nat. refers to Theodore I, patriarch of Constantinople, who died on 28 December 687. The article also shows that Leontius cannot possibly have lived earlier than the mid-6th century.
13. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Juan Antonio Gaytán Luna La risurrezione di Gesù: In margine ad una recente pubblicazione
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This article describes and analyzes the book by L. Novakovic, Resurrection, (London – New York 2016) which studies the complex topic of the resurrection of Jesus and its consequences, including, primarily, the faith of Christians in their own resurrection. The Author presents the contents of the book, and indicates the merits and limits of the research and the value of its conclusions.
recensiones
14. Augustinianum: Volume > 56 > Issue: 1
Chiara Curzel Lexicon Gregorianum. Wörterbuch zu den Schriften Gregors von Nyssa – Nomina Propria. Dictionary of the Works of Gregory of Nyssa – Nomina Propria, Band X, edd. Kyriakos Savvidis - Martin Dorn - Kay-Ole Eberhardt - Andreas Bedke
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Paul Mattei Vittorino Grossi, Linee di ecclesiologia patristica. Il formarsi della coscienza di ‘Chiesa’ nei primi sette secoli
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Bengt Alexanderson Paolo Trovato, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Lachmann’s Method. A Non-Standard Handbook of Genealogical Textual Criticism in the Age of Post-Structuralism, Cladistics, and Copy-Text
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Marie Pauliat Ambroise de Milan, La fuite de siècle, texte critique, introduction, traduction et notes par Camille Gerzaguet
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Kolawole Chabi Nello Cipriani, La teologia di Sant’Agostino. Introduzione generale e riflessione trinitaria
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Francisco Javier Fuertes Constantino, ¿el primer emperador cristiano? Religión y politica en el siglo IV, Josep Vilella Masana (ed.)
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