The Origin of Zealous Intolerance: Paulus Orosius and Violent Religious Conflict in the Early Fifth Century
This article explores the origins of religious intolerance in two episodes from the early fifth century ad: the forcible conversion of 540 Jews in Minorca by Bishop Severus, and the failed attempt by the monk Fronto to uncover heterodox belief in Tarragona, north-east Hispania. With the newly discov...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2017, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 261-284 |
RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KCD Hagiography; saints |
Further subjects: | B
Christian
relics
Orosius
Jew
St Stephen
heterodoxy
networks
zeal
intolerance
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Summary: | This article explores the origins of religious intolerance in two episodes from the early fifth century ad: the forcible conversion of 540 Jews in Minorca by Bishop Severus, and the failed attempt by the monk Fronto to uncover heterodox belief in Tarragona, north-east Hispania. With the newly discovered relics of St Stephen, the presbyter Paulus Orosius brought a peculiarly vehement and absolute intolerance of non-orthodox Christianity to Minorca. Intolerance was facilitated and communicated through a trans-Mediterranean network of Christians connected through letter-writing and the exchange of visitors, of which Orosius was a particularly mobile and dynamic participant. In contrast to previous criticism, this article identifies Orosius as a point of intersection within the controversies, and, in the dissemination of his ideology of intolerance, as a catalyst for conflict. |
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ISSN: | 1570-0720 |
Contains: | In: Vigiliae Christianae
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341304 |