Contra Christianos : : La critique sociale et religieuse du christianisme des origines au concile de Nicée (45-325) / / Xavier Levieils.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 2000 - 2014
• VerfasserIn: Levieils, Xavier,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: French
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft , 146
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (548 p.)

The persecution of the Church ordered by the Roman State, whether it was by local magistrates or on imperial command, was the most visible manifestation of the hostility directed against Christians during the first three centuries of our era. In reality however, this persecution, more virulent in some of its episodes than in others, was merely the crystallisation of the rejection of Christianity already expressed by the population at large. Christianity, spreading rapidly beyond its original Jewish context, was perceived by Graeco-Roman society through the deforming lens of ideas and values entirely foreign to it. For this reason, Christians became the victims of religious and social categorisations which forced them into the margins of society. Christianity's assimilation with superstition (Jewish origins, irrational doctrine, recruitment from the masses, doubtful practices [magic, anthropophagy, ritual murder, sexual debauchery, Christ-worship, cross-worship, sun-worship, ass-worship]) and the accusations against it of atheism (a reaction against its exclusive monotheism) and of ‘hatred of mankind’ (non-adherence to the common values [civil, familial or political]) reveal that public opinion played a crucial role preceding the measures taken against Christians, and that the anti-Christian hostility was a reactionary movement against a group that threatened the basic structures of the City.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Préface -- Table des matières -- Introduction -- Chapitre 1: La perception de la relation judaïsme-christianisme -- 1.1 La conversion des Juifs -- 1.2 Mission et influences judéo-chrétiennes -- 1.3 La conversion des craignant-Dieu -- 1.4 Approches régionales de la perception -- 1.5 La portée intellectuelle de la perception -- Chapitre 2: Le christianisme superstition -- 2.1 L’aspect psychologique de la superstition -- 2.2 Superstition et religion étrangère -- 2.3 Religion, philosophie et superstition populaire -- 2.4 Le contenu de la superstition chrétienne -- Chapitre 3: Athéisme et impiété -- 3.1 Athéisme, impiété et sacrilège -- 3.2 Athéisme pratique -- 3.3 Athéisme théorique -- 3.4 La colère des dieux -- Chapitre 4: La haine du genre humain -- 4.1 Fêtes religieuses et activités professionnelles -- 4.2 Le martyre -- 4.3 La division des familles -- 4.4 La conjuration chrétienne -- Conclusion générale -- Abréviations -- Bibliographie