Topic
Circumcellions
About: Circumcellions is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8 publications have been published within this topic receiving 47 citations. The topic is also known as: Agonisticis.
Papers
1 Jan 2004
TL;DR: A.H. Merrills as discussed by the authors discusses Vandals, Romans and Berbers: understanding Late Antique North Africa, A.H., A.C.C., and the perils of panegyric: the lost poem of Dracontius.
Abstract: Contents: Introduction: Vandals, Romans and Berbers: understanding Late Antique North Africa, A.H. Merrills. Part 1 African Identities: The Vandals: fragments of a narrative, Walter Pohl The settlement of the Vandals in North Africa, Andreas Schwarcz The house of Nubel: rebels or players?, Andy Blackhurst From Arzuges to Rustamids: state formation and regional identity in the pre-Saharan zone, Alan Rushworth. Part 2 Written Culture: 'Romuleis Libicisque litteris': Fulgentius and the 'Vandal Renaissance', Gregory Hays Vandal poets in their context, Judith W. George The perils of panegyric: the lost poem of Dracontius and its consequences, A.H. Merrills The so-called Laterculus Regum Vandalorum et Alanorum: a 6th-century African addition to Prosper Tiro's chronicle?, Roland Steinacher Who wrote the Ostraka from the IlA't de l'Amiraute, Carthage?, Jacqueline F. Godfrey Literacy and private documentation in Vandal North Africa: the case of the Albertini Tablets, Jonathan P. Conant. Part 3 The African Church In Context: Who were the Circumcellions?, Brent D. Shaw From Donatist opposition to Byzantine loyalism: the cult of martyrs in North Africa 350-650, W.H.C. Frend Intentions and audiences: history, hagiography, martyrdom, and confession in Victor of Vita's Historia Persecutionis, Danuta Shanzer Disputing the end of African Christianity, MarkA. Handley. Select bibliography Index.
64 citations
TL;DR: The Donatist controversy was an exclusively African schism and for more than a century held the center of the stage in the Christian life of that land as discussed by the authors, and it was born of local passions and quarrels and had no success outside of Africa.
Abstract: Donatism was an exclusively African schism and for more than a century held the center of the stage in the Christian life of that land. It was born of local passions and quarrels, and had no success outside of Africa. It became the church of the native population and, raising“altar against altar,” 1 successfully opposed both the Catholic church and the Roman Empire during several generations. Frequently, and especially in Numidia, the church of Donatus was more numerous, richer, and more powerful than its Catholic neighbor. Moreover, the Donatist cause came to shelter under its name a true social and economic revolt, which it found a useful instrument at times, but which was never a recognized part of its policy. Although the Donatist controversy was thus a local schism, it had important results for the Latin church, chiefly in regard to the doctrine of the sacrament of baptism, the orders and reception of schismatics and heretics, and the coercion of non-Catholics.
8 citations
TL;DR: A review of recent work on the highly significant Donatist religious schism in late Roman Africa is presented in this paper, supported by an Appendix tabulating a draft chronology of Donatism.
Abstract: Recent work on the highly significant Donatist religious schism in late Roman Africa is reviewed, supported by an Appendix tabulating a draft chronology of Donatism. Particular attention is paid to the controversy surrounding the date and origins of the schism. The ‘revolutionary fringe’ of the Donatist movement, the Circumcellions, is also discussed, with specific reference to arguments concerning the social status of this group. A third section outlines the participation of Tripolitanian bishops of both Catholic and Donatist persuasion at the great Conference of Carthage in AD 411. The social historical importance of the extensive documentation is illustrated at several points by reference to illuminating insights into life in late Roman Africa.
5 citations
TL;DR: This paper explored the relationship between violence and manual labor in an effort to rethink the dimensions of the problem of violence in the Donatist movement in a broader Mediterranean context by showing how it reflected a growing trend toward the breakdown of state authority in Late Antiquity.
Abstract: Brent Shaw’s monumental study invites reflection rather than critique. Proceeding from its demonstrations that Donatist violence was limited in scale, that Augustine’s extensive treatments of the movement have conditioned modern readers to see it as more violent and better organized than it was, and that the “circumcellions” were occasional agricultural laborers enlisted to bully sectarian opponents, this study explores Shaw’s findings on three fronts. First, it shows the relationship between Donatist sectarian violence and football hooliganism, both of which represent the expression of surplus male aggression in search of a cause. Second, it explores the relationship between violence and manual labor in an effort to rethink the dimensions of the problem. Finally, it situates the Donatist movement in a broader Mediterranean context by showing how it reflected a growing trend toward the breakdown of state authority in Late Antiquity.
5 citations
Journal Article•
TL;DR: This article examined the fundamental roots of the Donatists and Augustine's nuanced treatment of them in the context of lacking love vs. conveying love through an historical and documental survey.
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to look at the fundamental roots of the Donatists and Augustine's nuanced treatment of them in the context of lacking love vs. conveying love through an historical and documental survey. First, this study demonstrates through examining the issue of traditores, Circumcellions, and their implications that the ultimate root of the Donatists is not a doctrinal or dogmatic matter; rather, it is a matter of the absence of a Christian virtue, namely, the lack of love. Second, in contrast to the Donatists' lacking love, this essay shows that Augustine's treatment of the Donatists is conducted in the context of conveying love. Although Augustine admits to the use of coercion to treat the heresy from Letter 93 in A.D. 408 in contrast to his unwillingness in early writings (A.D. 392-404), this essay presents through examining Augustine's several letters and sermons that even this permission conveys love and tolerance toward the Donatists. Therefore, this study finally demonstrates that the fundamental roots of the Donatists and Augustine's treatment of them is not primarily a doctrinal or dogmatic story; rather, it is a story of Christian practice or discipline, namely, about love.
2 citations
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