Abstracts / Introductions
Augustiniana 60(2010), 3-4
- Clemens WEIDMANN, Sermo Mai 10, Eine authentische Predigt des Augustinus? 60(2010)3-4, 173-192
sei ein Cento, wurde ohne weitere Prüfung in patristische Standardwerke übemommen. Lediglich F. Dolbeau äußerte Zweifel an der communis opinio: da die Themen sehr augustinisch seien und strukturelle Anomalien letztlich auf einen ungeschickten Kompilator zurückgehen könnten, sei es nicht auszuschließen, dass die Predigt echt ist. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung soll die Frage der Authentizität anband einer quellenkritischen Untersuchung des Texts und einer Analyse der Handschrift, in der die Predigt überliefert ist, neu aufgerollt werden.
- Geert VAN REYN, Ad Christianam fidem pigrius movebatur (Conf. VII.xx(25)) : Alypius' more reluctant move to the Christian faith (compared to Augustine). Part. 2 : Between conversion and baptism 60(2010)3-4, 193-234
rejection of the latter's Christian interpretation of Fortuna' s role (as gratia Dei) in man's life, and his resistance against including the name of Christ in their
writings are further signs that he was reluctant to fully submit to the Catholic faith. Only towards the end of the Cassiciacum stay -presumably after having
been further instructed by Augustine - Alypius seems to have become humble enough to do so, and to decide on baptism within the Catholic Church. The strong hold traditional ideology had on Augustine's friends, but also on himself, can be witnessed in how he tried to persuade his non-Catholic friends to follow his example. He thereby propagated his new Christian way of life as the final realization of an earlier failed attempt to live together in philosophy (otium liberale). Initially, he wanted to set up a kind of Christian philosophical community of likeminded friends in the intellectual milieu of Milan. This plan failed, mainly because of lack of (financial) resources, seeing that none of his friends (apart from Alypius, and later Evodius) could be persuaded to participate in it.
- Laela ZWOLLO, Plotinus' doctrine of the Λόγoς as a major influence on Augustine's exegesis of Genesis 60(2010)3-4, 235-261
- James V. JIRTLE, Using music well : reassessing perception in Augustine's De musica 60(2010)3-4, 263-281
- Willigis ECKERMANN (osa), Angesicht und Gestalt Jesu in der Vita Christi des Michael von Massa († 1337) 60(2010)3-4, 283-300
Augustiniana 60(2010), 1-2
- Mathijs LAMBERIGTS, Augustine's use of tradition in the controversy with Julian of Aeclanum 60(2010), 11-61