Dionysius' Christianity: Towards Understanding the Preconditions of the post-Reformation Debate
The purpose of this paper is to ask why whereas in antiquity some thought of Dionysius as a heretic, no one considered him hardly a Christian at all - but that view has been quite prominent in recent times. The explanation is the attitude towards authentic' Christianity developed by the Protes...
| Published in: | Annali di scienze religiose |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
[2016]
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| In: |
Annali di scienze religiose
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Protestantism
/ Church
/ Dionysius, Alexandrinus -265
/ Paganism
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| RelBib Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this paper is to ask why whereas in antiquity some thought of Dionysius as a heretic, no one considered him hardly a Christian at all - but that view has been quite prominent in recent times. The explanation is the attitude towards authentic' Christianity developed by the Protestants, who singled out Dionysius as more or less pagan - though in doing so neglecting the fact that his attitude to Greek philosophy is more or less the same as the whole patristic tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 2294-8775 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di scienze religiose
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.ASR.5.112650 |