Patristic Latin Literature: from Nicaea to Chalcedon (325-451)
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Tractatio Scripturarum. Philological, Exegetical, Rhetorical, and Theological Studies on Augustine's Sermons
Ministerium Sermonis II
The contributions collected in this volume of Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia share a common focus on Saint Augustine's sermons on the New Testament and address a wide range of topics within this extended field of research. Several contributions deal with the transmission of these homilies while others tackle questions concerning exegesis rhetoric and theology. The foundation for this compilation was laid during the conference 'Ministerium sermonis. An International Colloquium on Saint Augustine's Sermons on the New Testament and their Reception' (September 15-17 2011) hosted by the Academia Belgica in Rome (Italy).
The present volume may be considered a sequel to the book Ministerium sermonis. Philological Historical and Theological Studies on Augustine's Sermones ad populum which was published in 2009 as volume 53 of the series Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia and bundled the contributions to the first Ministerium sermonis colloquium of May 2008 (Leuven - Turnhout).
List of contributors: Andrea Bizzozero Isabelle Bochet Pierre-Maurice Bogaert Shari Boodts François Dolbeau Hubertus R. Drobner Anthony Dupont Alicia Eelen Wim François Uta Heil Pierre-Marie Hombert Paul Mattei Gert Partoens Stanley P. Rosenberg Paul van Geest Joost van Neer Clemens Weidmann Jonathan Yates
Chromatius of Aquileia and His Age
This volume presents the proceedings of the International Congress Chromatius of Aquileia and His Age which took place at Aquileia (Italy) from 22 to 24 May 2008 under the direction of Pier Franco Beatrice (University of Padova) and Alessio Peršič (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan) and was fostered by the National Commitee for the Sixteenth Centenary of the Death of Saint Chromatius Bishop of Aquileia headed by Dr. Mons. Duilio Corgnali in common accord with the Dioceses of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and the adjacent Slovenian and Austrian Dioceses of Ljubljiana Koper / Capodistria and Gurk-Klagenfurt.
The Congress was part of a vast range of celebratory activites inspired by the desire to create a renewed Christian historical awareness of both the significance of Aquileia and its Fathers and of the strong vitality of evangelical spirituality directed at creating a synthesis between East and West between Greco-Roman civilization the revealed Hebrew epos and the disruptive diversity of the new invading peoples. The Christian communities are heirs to the long tradition of the Patriarcate of Aquileia which lasted for over a thousand years and it was the passionate interest in their Christian origins which prompted the Congress. The Aquileian metropolis—patriarcal see until the eighteenth century and a crossroads where Romans and Illyrians Germanic peoples and Slavs all met—was a cradle of monasticism and home to some of its greatest masters (Martin Chromatius Rufinus and Jerome). These scholars have proven to be the beneficiaries of earlier exegetic skills (Victorinus Fortunatianus) as well as intrepid and creative mediators of the highest and most controversial expressions of Greek spiritual and theological culture in the Roman world and of the rediscovered veritas hebraica of Old Testament sources. Lastly Paulus Diaconus and the Patriarch Paulinus II distinguished themselves as inspiration for a modern European identity after its slow Christian and barbarian palingenesis.
The Congress brought together scholars from Europe and America who are experts on the work of Chromatius—only recently saved from the near obscurity into which it had fallen in manuscript tradition—for the purpose of providing original contributions on an international level to Aquileian literary historiography Chromatius in particular not always taken into account and given due merit.
Commento alla Epistola ai Galati
Il commento di Girolamo di Stridone all’Epistola ai Galati composto nel 386 a Betlemme all’indomani della definitiva (e burrascosa) partenza da Roma è un’impresa senza precedenti come lo Stridonense dichiara nel prologo: applicando con coerenza tecniche note a Roma ma guardate fino a quel momento con sospetto lo Stridonense si propone di spiegare un’epistola paolina non più mediante la semplice parafrasi con qualche rara digressione filosofica che orienti il lettore (com’ era il caso dei predecessori latini Mario Vittorino e Ambrosiaster) bensì alla maniera di Origene come dibattitto aperto tra una pluralità di interpretazioni fra le quali il lettore può liberamente orientarsi. L’intuizione geronimiana ha tra l’altro il merito di dare nuova linfa ad un fenomeno culturale di grande portata per la letteratura latina in età tardoantica che vede nell’arco di pochi decenni la fioritura a Roma e più in generale in Occidente di numerosi commentari paolini. Impossibile per noi moderni individuare gli autori greci delle molteplici spiegazioni menzionate da Girolamo; ma è certo che Origene è la fonte principale e che per questo l’opera geronimiana rappresenta uno dei frutti più belli della fortuna dell’Alessandrino nel IV secolo. L’interesse per il commento a Galati è infine accresciuto dalla diatriba a distanza che s’innesca tra Girolamo e Agostino a proposito della spiegazione dello Stridonense di Gal 2 11-14: forse riprendendo da Origene una spiegazione assai peculiare dell’incidente di Antiochia lo Stridonense finisce col provocare un’articolata e più volte reiterata protesta epistolare da parte di Agostino il quale non ammette la novità geronimiana.
La versione latina originale del testo proposto in traduzione in questo volume è pubblicata nella collana Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina con il titolo Hieronymus - Commentarii in epistulam Pauli apostoli ad Galatas (CCSL 77A). I rimandi alle pagine corrispondenti dell’edizione sono forniti a margine di questa traduzione.
Giacomo Raspanti è Professore a contratto di Letteratura Cristiana Antica presso l'Università di Palermo (Italia). Si occupa di esegesi biblica patristica e di oratoria pagana e cristiana in età tardoantica.
Ministerium sermonis.
Philological, Historical and Theological Studies on Augustine's Sermones ad Populum
The Sermones ad populum are a part of Augustine’s work that especially in its relation to the rest of the Augustinian corpus deserves more attention. Frequently studied topics are the transmission of the sermons the bishop’s homiletic methodology his use of Scripture and classical rhetoric his view on the episcopate his theology of proclamation and his opinions about the cult of the martyrs. Augustine’s sermons also serve as an invaluable source for the study of the North African Church and its liturgical practices at the end of the fourth and the beginning of the fifth century. The dating and the chronology of the sermons have likewise been the object of many publications. As a matter of fact they are still much debated.
On May 29-31 2008 the research units History of Church and Theology and Literary Studies: Latin Literature of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven organized an international conference on Augustine’s Sermones ad populum in collaboration with the Scientific Committee of the Series Latina of Corpus Christianorum (Brepols Publishers) the Revue bénédictine (Maredsous) and the Augustinian Historical Institute (Heverlee). The conference was intended to bring together scholars who have recently made important contributions to the study of Augustine’s work in general and his preaching in particular as well as specialists in the field of Early Christian homiletics.
This volume elaborates the contributions presented during the conference and includes articles by I. Bochet P.-M. Bogaert L. De Coninck R. Dodaro V.H. Drecoll H. Drobner A. Dupont M. Lamberigts G. Partoens E. Rebillard P. Tombeur P. Van Geest H. Van Oort D. Weber C. Weidmann J. Yates.