Converting after Constantine: Firmicus Maternus and the Scriptures
The two extant works by the senator Julius Firmicus Maternus, a manual of astrology (Mathesis, ca. 337) and a ferocious attack on senatorial paganism (De errore profanarum religionum, 343–50), offer exceptional insight into the transformation of a convert's beliefs in the era of Constantine. St...
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| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2023
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 459-492 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cyprianus, Antiochia, Bischof, Heiliger -304
/ Reception
/ Firmicus Maternus, Iulius, De errore profanarum religionum
/ Firmicus Maternus, Iulius, Mathesis
/ Polemics
/ Paganism
/ Conversion (Religion)
B Bible / Reception / Firmicus Maternus, Iulius, De errore profanarum religionum |
| RelBib Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations HA Bible KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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