O beata uiolentia! Osservazioni sull’uso del termine uio­lentia negli autori cristiani antichi: esempi dall’omiletica latina

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.

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DOI: 10.47743/CetC-2021-16.2.457