Obraz moralny społeczeństwa chrześcijańskiego V wieku w świetle De gubernatione Dei Salwiana z Marsylii

• Authors: Brunon Zgraja

Title variants

EN

The moral picture of the christian society of the fifth century in the light of De gubernatione Dei by Salvian form Marseille

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Salvian from Marseille, in spite of the disputable appraisal of the value of his literary oeuvre today, remains for us a source of information about civilization of the fifth century, whereas in his main literary work De gubernatione Dei he acquaints us with the religious-and-moral condition of Christians of his time, who inhabited Gaul, Spain and Africa. From the analysis of his literary work it is evident that the believers in Christ participated in pagan shows, neglecting thus their participation in liturgy on feast days; not infrequently they worshipped pagan gods, prostituted and also committed murders. They were familiar too with drunkenness and gluttony. Moreover, they sinned by lack of love for others, by injustice, greed, oppressing the poor, by perjury, pride, contempt of good, hostility for those who worshipped God, and by persecussion of monks and clergy.

Keywords

EN

Salvian from Marseille; On the Government of God; morality

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 37-50

Contributors

author

Brunon Zgraja

• Wydział Teologiczny Uniwersytetu Opolskiego