Arnobius of Sicca: religious conflict and competition in the age of Diocletian
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations
xiv
ι.
Arnobius and the Age of Diocletian
ι
Introductory Observations: An Overview to Rationale and
Format
ι
I. The Church: Was Arnobius a Christian Apologist?
6
II. Graeco-Roman Culture: The Pagan Intellectual Attack on
Christianity in the Diocletianic Age
22
III. The State: the Roman Empire's Persecution of the
Christians under Diocletian
32
2.
The Date of the Adversus Nationes
47
I. External Evidence: Jerome, Oral Tradition(s), and
Lactantius
47
II. Internal Evidence: Historical References
53
III. Adversus Nationes
2.71:
A Varronian Chronology?
55
IV. Adversus Nationes
2.71:
A Porphyrian Connection?
62
V. References to the Persecutions of Christians
64
VI. Allusions to Diocletian's Moral Reforms
70
VII.
References to Persecutions in Adv.
nat.
1.26 75
VIII.
The
Neoplatonic Proselytizers
■ 77
DC. An Allusion to Diocletian's First Edict
81
X. The Meaning of 'New Penalties'
83
XI. Sacrifices: The Fourth Edict?
84
XII.
Allusions to Other Imperial Reforms
88
XIII.
Conclusions
90
3.
A Biographical Evaluation: Jerome
94
I. 'Arnobius': An
Onomastic
Analysis
94
II. Sicca
Veneria in
Roman North Africa
97
III. The Cult of St
Peter m
IV. Arnobius the Rhetor
113
V. The Means and Motives of the Conversion: Dreams
117
VI. The Enemy of die Faith and the Hesitant Bishop
122
VII.
Accepted by the Church
125
xii Contents
4.
God and the World
131
I. The Epicurean Debate
131
II. Experiencing God in Acts of Worship
137
III. Soteriology: Temporal and Eschatological Benefits
142
IV. Knowledge of God: Innate and Soteriological
148
V. Creation: God and a Christianized Demiurge
157
5.
God and Christ
164
6.
God and the Gods
174
7.
The Supreme God and Saturn
184
I. Religion and the Agrarian Life in North Africa: Historical
Background
184
II. The Cult of Saturn in Roman North Africa
186
III. Religion and die Agrarian Life: The
Advenus nationes
188
IV. The Christian God and Saturn: Conflict and Competition
193
V. Topography and Chronology
205
VI. Conclusions
211
8.
The Divinity of Christ and the Mortality of the Gods:
Arnobius' Response to Porphyry's Hecatean Oracle and
Commentary
216
I. The State of Research: Porphyry, Vm now, and Arnobius
216
II. Porphyry of Tyre
218
III. The Argument Related to the Divinity of Christ
222
IV. A New Investigation: Porphyry and Adversus nationes I
229
9.
The Mortality of the Gods: A Predominantly Literary
Retortion of Porphyry's Rejection of Christ's Divinity
243
I. The Anthropopathic Deities of the Pagans
247
II. Arnobius' Attack upon
Ље
Anthropopathic Behaviour of
the Pagan Deities
252
III. Conclusions
261
io.
The Soteriological Argument: Christ the 'Via
Universalis
Animae Liberandae'
264
I. The Philosophical Approach: Classical
Platonism
and
Porphyry
264
II. The Response of Eusebras and Augustine to Porphyry:
General Observations
269
Contents xiii
III. The Importance of Evidence: A Critical Examination of
Religious Concepts
274
IV.
'Christus
Via Salutis
Universalis
Animae':
The
Geographical Argument
278
V.
'Christus
Via Salutis
Universalis
Animae': The
Philosophical Argument
284
VI. Notions of Deity and Contemplation of the Divine
291
VII.
'Christus
Via Salutis
Universalis
Animae': The Moral
Argument
298
VIII.
Conclusions
301
11.
The Argument Concerning Animal Sacrifice
304
Conclusions
12.
Epilogue
319
Appendix I
328
Appendix II
329
Appendix III
332
Appendix IV
335
Bibliography
338
Index of Passages Cited
365
General Index
378 |
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations
xiv
ι.
Arnobius and the Age of Diocletian
ι
Introductory Observations: An Overview to Rationale and
Format
ι
I. The Church: Was Arnobius a Christian Apologist?
6
II. Graeco-Roman Culture: The Pagan Intellectual Attack on
Christianity in the Diocletianic Age
22
III. The State: the Roman Empire's Persecution of the
Christians under Diocletian
32
2.
The Date of the Adversus Nationes
47
I. External Evidence: Jerome, Oral Tradition(s), and
Lactantius
47
II. Internal Evidence: Historical References
53
III. Adversus Nationes
2.71:
A Varronian Chronology?
55
IV. Adversus Nationes
2.71:
A Porphyrian Connection?
62
V. References to the Persecutions of Christians
64
VI. Allusions to Diocletian's Moral Reforms
70
VII.
References to Persecutions in Adv.
nat.
1.26 75
VIII.
The
Neoplatonic Proselytizers
■ 77
DC. An Allusion to Diocletian's First Edict
81
X. The Meaning of 'New Penalties'
83
XI. Sacrifices: The Fourth Edict?
84
XII.
Allusions to Other Imperial Reforms
88
XIII.
Conclusions
90
3.
A Biographical Evaluation: Jerome
94
I. 'Arnobius': An
Onomastic
Analysis
94
II. Sicca
Veneria in
Roman North Africa
97
III. The Cult of St
Peter m
IV. Arnobius the Rhetor
113
V. The Means and Motives of the Conversion: Dreams
117
VI. The Enemy of die Faith and the Hesitant Bishop
122
VII.
Accepted by the Church
125
xii Contents
4.
God and the World
131
I. The Epicurean Debate
131
II. Experiencing God in Acts of Worship
137
III. Soteriology: Temporal and Eschatological Benefits
142
IV. Knowledge of God: Innate and Soteriological
148
V. Creation: God and a Christianized Demiurge
157
5.
God and Christ
164
6.
God and the Gods
174
7.
The Supreme God and Saturn
184
I. Religion and the Agrarian Life in North Africa: Historical
Background
184
II. The Cult of Saturn in Roman North Africa
186
III. Religion and die Agrarian Life: The
Advenus nationes
188
IV. The Christian God and Saturn: Conflict and Competition
193
V. Topography and Chronology
205
VI. Conclusions
211
8.
The Divinity of Christ and the Mortality of the Gods:
Arnobius' Response to Porphyry's Hecatean Oracle and
Commentary
216
I. The State of Research: Porphyry, Vm now, and Arnobius
216
II. Porphyry of Tyre
218
III. The Argument Related to the Divinity of Christ
222
IV. A New Investigation: Porphyry and Adversus nationes I
229
9.
The Mortality of the Gods: A Predominantly Literary
Retortion of Porphyry's Rejection of Christ's Divinity
243
I. The Anthropopathic Deities of the Pagans
247
II. Arnobius' Attack upon
Ље
Anthropopathic Behaviour of
the Pagan Deities
252
III. Conclusions
261
io.
The Soteriological Argument: Christ the 'Via
Universalis
Animae Liberandae'
264
I. The Philosophical Approach: Classical
Platonism
and
Porphyry
264
II. The Response of Eusebras and Augustine to Porphyry:
General Observations
269
Contents xiii
III. The Importance of Evidence: A Critical Examination of
Religious Concepts
274
IV.
'Christus
Via Salutis
Universalis
Animae':
The
Geographical Argument
278
V.
'Christus
Via Salutis
Universalis
Animae': The
Philosophical Argument
284
VI. Notions of Deity and Contemplation of the Divine
291
VII.
'Christus
Via Salutis
Universalis
Animae': The Moral
Argument
298
VIII.
Conclusions
301
11.
The Argument Concerning Animal Sacrifice
304
Conclusions
12.
Epilogue
319
Appendix I
328
Appendix II
329
Appendix III
332
Appendix IV
335
Bibliography
338
Index of Passages Cited
365
General Index
378 |
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