Augustine's 'Fatherland according to the Flesh'

A la question de savoir si Augustin était plus africain ou plus romain, l'A. répond ainsi: "Augustine feels himself to be north-africain only because he is a man of Thagaste. And he is also a subject of the Roman Emperor ... By Africa ... Augustine usually means the whole of the african territories...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Author:L. J. van der Lof
Published: Peeters, Leuven, 1989
Pages:364-371
Format:Essay
Topic:- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Augustine and Afrika > Peculiarity: african / numidical Augustin
- Biography > Person and Life > Specialized biographical studies > country of Augustine
- Doctrine > Social Life > [Sociologie. Cité terrestre. Politique] > [Augustin et la Rome antique] > Rome
Parent Work: Papers presented to the Tenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 1987, part IV
Status:Needs Review
Description
Summary:A la question de savoir si Augustin était plus africain ou plus romain, l'A. répond ainsi: "Augustine feels himself to be north-africain only because he is a man of Thagaste. And he is also a subject of the Roman Emperor ... By Africa ... Augustine usually means the whole of the african territories held by Rome ... To Augustine therefore "Africa" is a geographic notion" (P; 371).

Similar Items