Betrayal, Memory and Oblivion. Imperial Policy and History in African Christendom (3rd-5th centuries)
The aim of this paper will be to analyze some of the effects of the Roman policies over the churches of North Africa between the 3rd and 5th centuries. The outcomes of repressive actions, as well as the consequences that the state intervention had on Christian communities and on their power structur...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/11681 |
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| Sumario: | The aim of this paper will be to analyze some of the effects of the Roman policies over the churches of North Africa between the 3rd and 5th centuries. The outcomes of repressive actions, as well as the consequences that the state intervention had on Christian communities and on their power structures will be especially examined, considering the actions taken during the periods of persecutions led by Decius, Diocletian and Constantine (even though this last emperor had promoted an edict of religious freedom shortly before his rise to power). In the case of North Africa, the consequences that for the Christian community had its change from being a persecuted group to an ally of the state were particularly significant, as well as the emperor´s intervention in its internal disputes that led to the Donatist schism. Particularly, we will study the power conflicts resulting from the emergence of groups that competed to control the ecclesiastical institution, as well as the persistence of a collective memory and the discursive practices that sustained it. |
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