Unitas in Latin antiquity
Subtitle: four centuries of continuity
By: Erik Thaddeus Walters
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9783631614938
Subjects: Church; History of doctrines; Latin Fathers of the church; Correspondence
Other titles: Four centuries of continuity
Description: Following a survey of 20th century scholarship's various interpretations of unitas as employed by the mid-3rd century CE's Cyprian of Carthage, this volume introduces an innovative hermeneutic that utilizes a contextual analysis of all 233 instances of the term meaning 'oneness/unity' in extant Latin literature's pagan and ante-Nicene Christian authors from the 1st century BCE through the early 4th century CE. A synthesis subsequently is rendered possible, and continuity in the term's meaning without change, confusion, or contradiction remains a hallmark"--Publisher's description, back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-220).
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Status quaestionsis : History of controversy; title: pt. 2. Unitas in the Latin authors removed from the Cyprianic context: the non-Christian authors ; The Christian authors; title: pt. 3. Unitas in the Cyprianic context; title: pt. 4. Unitas in Cyprian of Carthage : De Ecclesiae Catholicae unitate ; Cyprian's Letters ; Three treatises ; Conclusion.