Commonitorium super nomine Caelestii of Marius Mercator as a Document of Papal Propaganda on the Eve of the Third Ecumenical Council of 431
Journal: Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts
Year: 2024

This article studies the Commonitorium super nomine Caelestii, an information note compiled by Marius Mercator, describing the participation of the Roman See in the condemnation of the heretics Pelagius and Caelestius, mainly during the pontificate of Pope Zosimus (417–418), and addressed to Emperor Theodosius II (408–450) and Patriarch Nestorius of Constantinople (428–431). The aim of the study is to identify the characteristics of Marius Mercator’s presentation of information on ecclesiastical