The Final Letters to Latin North Africa
The Final Letters to Latin North Africa

Author: Pope Leo IX

Publisher: Dalcassian Press

Published: 2024-03-01

Total Pages: 21

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By the 11th century much of former Roman North Africa had declined to the point where the African Romantic language was in massive decline, as the various episcopal sees in the region had been reduced under the last three centuries of Arab hegemony. Pope Leo IX wrote two letters to the archbishopric of Carthage in 1053 determining their status, and offering his congratulations regarding a synod that been held a few years prior. These two letters represent the last contact noted with any Latin church in North Africa before it permanently disappeared in the 12th century.

Letters to Medieval Christian North Africa
Letters to Medieval Christian North Africa

Author: D.P. Curtin

Publisher: Dalcassian Press

Published: 2024-06-01

Total Pages: 23

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Documents from Christian churches in North Africa are rare following the Arab conquest in 699 AD. What survives is a handful of letters relating to churches and local Arab authorities which cast some insight into the state of the African church during the height of the Caliphate. These documents are few and far between and are largely of Italian origin. The papacy attempted to remain active in the affairs of Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco throughout the Medieval period until the arrival of the Spanish and Portuguese missions during the 15th century.

The Two Souls of the Manicheans
The Two Souls of the Manicheans

Author: St. Augustine of Hippo

Publisher: Dalcassian Press

Published: 2011-01-15

Total Pages: 51

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During his time with the Manicheans, St. Augustine went into depth regarding their theological suppositions about the nature of the world and the natural mortality of the human soul. As strict dualists, the Manicheans rejected the more familiar Platonic speculation of the soul, insisting on a two-faceted soul. What little is known about Manichean religious thought, which is a defunct world religion, is eloquently described here and in similar texts by St. Augustine.

3rd Council of Carthage: Synod of the African Church 345 AD
3rd Council of Carthage: Synod of the African Church 345 AD

Author: Gratus of Carthage

Publisher: Dalcassian Press

Published: 2010-10-15

Total Pages: 26

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In 345, the bishop of Carthage, Gratus, held a synod of Catholic bishops in the region. They met to make note of their gratitude for the Imperially supported repression of the Circumcelliones (Donatists) churches, who had been an ecclesiastical issue for the last two decades. The synod made an official declaration against the re-baptism of anyone who had been baptized in the name of the Trinity, and adopted twelve canons of clerical discipline.

Council of Mileum
Council of Mileum

Author: St. Aurelius of Carthage

Publisher: Dalcassian Press

Published: 2022-08-15

Total Pages: 29

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The second synod of Mileum appealed to Pope Innocent I for a large scale repression of the Pelagian heresy, which was still strongly present in various cities in the African diocese. Sixty-one bishops of the Numidian church were in attendance to address heterodoxy that was still present in their churches. Among the various attendees was the famed churchmen St. Augustine, bishop of the city of Hippo Regius, along with retinue, all of whom were responding to the larger metropolitan church synod held in Carthage this same year.

Multilingualism in the Graeco-Roman Worlds
Multilingualism in the Graeco-Roman Worlds

Author: Alex Mullen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 113956062X

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Through words and images employed both by individuals and by a range of communities across the Graeco-Roman worlds, this book explores the complexity of multilingual representations of identity. Starting with the advent of literacy in the Mediterranean, it encompasses not just the Greek and Roman empires but also the transformation of the Graeco-Roman world under Islam and within the medieval mind. By treating a range of materials, contexts, languages, and temporal and political boundaries, the contributors consider points of cross-cultural similarity and difference and the changing linguistic landscape of East and West from antiquity into the medieval period. Insights from contemporary multilingualism theory and interdisciplinary perspectives are employed throughout to exploit the material fully.

Greek and Latin Letters in Late Antiquity
Greek and Latin Letters in Late Antiquity

Author: Pauline Allen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-09-10

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1316510131

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Introduction to the nature, function, production and dissemination of Late Antique literary letters and their importance for their society.

The Early Reception of Paul the Second Temple Jew
The Early Reception of Paul the Second Temple Jew

Author: Isaac W. Oliver

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-10-04

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 0567684326

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Paul's relationship to Christianity-as a Pharisaic Jew whose moment of revelation on the road to Damascus has made him the most famous early Christian-is still a topic of great interest to scholars of early Christianity and Judaism. This collection of essays from world-renowned scholars examines how Christians of the first two centuries perceived Paul's Jewishness, and how they seized upon Paul's views on Judaism in order to advance their own claims about Christianity. The contributors offer a comprehensive examination of various early Christian views on Paul, in texts contained both in and outside of the New Testament, demonstrating how the reception of Paul's thought affected the formation of Judaism and Christianity into separate entities. Divided into five sections, the arguments focus upon Paul's reception in Ephesians, the other Deutero-Pauline Epistles, the Acts of the Apostles, Marcion of Synope and the reaction of Paul's opponents. Featuring essays from scholars including Judith Lieu, James H. Charlesworth and Harry O. Meier, this volume forms a perfect resource for scholars to reassess Paul's Jewishness and relationship with Judaism.