Taking Augustine at his Word: Re-evaluating the Testimony of De gestis Pelagii

IF 0.2 4区 哲学 Q2 HISTORY Augustinian Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.5840/augstudies202211975
Andrew C. Chronister
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The following article examines Augustine’s efforts in De gestis Pelagii (gest. Pel.), the bishop of Hippo’s commentary on the acts of the Synod of Diospolis at which Pelagius was acquitted of heresy in December 415 CE. Gest. Pel. is far from an attempt to offer an impartial account of the synod’s events. Rather, it forms a key part of Augustine’s efforts in the aftermath of Diospolis to re-interpret what appeared to be a disaster for the anti-Pelagian cause. In this sense, gest. Pel. is a work with a clear rhetorical purpose. The question at the heart of this article is whether, as two scholars have recently suggested, Augustine’s rhetorical aims in this work led him to consciously misrepresent the facts—about the synod’s decision, Pelagius’s views, and his own history with Pelagius. I will argue that we can plausibly take Augustine at his word in gest. Pel.
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信守奥古斯丁的话:重新评价伯拉吉的证词
下面的文章考察了奥古斯丁在《论地理学》(De gestis Pelagii)中的努力。(佩尔),希波主教对迪奥斯波利斯会议行为的评论,在该会议上,伯拉纠于公元415年12月被判无罪。武功。图像的基本单位。远不是试图对主教会议的事件提供公正的描述。相反,这是奥古斯丁在迪奥斯波利斯之后重新解释反伯拉基事业灾难的关键部分。从这个意义上说,是的。图像的基本单位。是一部有明确修辞目的的作品。这篇文章的核心问题是,是否像两位学者最近提出的那样,奥古斯丁在这部作品中的修辞目的导致他有意识地歪曲事实——关于会议的决定,伯拉纠的观点,以及他自己与伯拉纠的历史。我认为我们可以合理地相信奥古斯丁的话。图像的基本单位。
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