Classica et Christiana, 16/2, 2021 /457
O beata uiolentia! Osservazioni sull’uso del termine uiolentia negli autori cristiani antichi: esempi dall’omiletica latina [O beata uiolentia! Observations on the use of the term uiolentia in ancient Christian authors: examples from Latin homiletics]
Edoardo BONA
ABSTRACT
O beata uiolentia! Observations on the use of the term uiolentia in ancient Christian authors: examples from Latin homiletics. The theme of violence is not as frequent in early latin Christian preaching as we would expect. Violence is presented in the first instance as something that the Christian should not be afraid of and need not fear. The term uiolentia also rarely appears and these writers seem to connote in a different way what our sensitivity groups under the term ‘violence’.
KEYWORDS
violence, sermons, Augustin.