Crimen Obicere : Forensic Rhetoric and Augustine's anti-Donatist Correspondence / Rafal Toczko

We all know that Augustine was a teacher of rhetoric before he became a highly influential Church leader. We know that he never stopped using rhetoric as a bishop. What we do not always know is what we mean by Augustine's rhetoric. Is it the style, the figures of speech, encrypted in strange na...

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Year of Publication:2020
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Forschungen zur Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte ; Volume 120.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
Notes:[1. Edition]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Augustine's Anti-Donatist letters in context. Approaching Augustine's anti-Donatist letters ; The forensic corresondence ; Shaping the discourse in the anti-Donatist letters
  • Accusation. The charge of schism ; The charge of rebaptism
  • Defence. The charge of persecution ; The charge of traditio
  • Conclusion.