Sacramentum regis bonum est abscondere (Agostino, Epist. 237, 4): misteri della Scrittura, vera scienza spirituale e dissimulatio in Priscilliano e nel Priscillianesimo
The res gestae and doctrines of Priscillian and the Priscillianists are a case in point for evaluating the matter of dissimulatio in a religious context. Opinions of contemporaries and modern historians are divided between views of Priscillian as a heretic, sorcerer, and Manichaean, and those of an...
| Published in: | Annali di scienze religiose |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Brepols
2011
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Annali di scienze religiose
Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Pages: 111-155 |
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| Summary: | The res gestae and doctrines of Priscillian and the Priscillianists are a case in point for evaluating the matter of dissimulatio in a religious context. Opinions of contemporaries and modern historians are divided between views of Priscillian as a heretic, sorcerer, and Manichaean, and those of an ascetic, charismatic leader, and martyr. This essay intends to demonstrate that such alternatives are wrong. From a historical-religious perspective, it is necessary to properly evaluate the Priscillian notion of the ‘secrets of the Scriptures’, both canonical and apocryphal, and the principle of the spiritual exegesis of Divine revelation which implies an attitude of reticence and concealment from those who did not share in the revelation. The historical evolution of the Priscillianist movement, whose members were ostracised and condemned as heretics, makes it possible to infer theoretical and practical stances of dissimulatio in the fi fth and sixth centuries. |
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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.1.102571 |