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A special period in the life of the Church, the time of persecutions, that happened at the break of the 2nd century, not only gave numerous testimonies of martyrdom, but also brought development of theological thought, especially the theology of martyrdom and eschatology. The present article aims at showing the teaching on eschatological reward in the writings of one of the most brilliant figures of that period - St Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (f258). In his writings St Cyprian, touching upon eschatology especially emphasized the future reward for the faithful, and he showed the splendor of the reward by the wealth of terms he used, among which agonistic and military terminology occurs most frequently. The Bishop of Carthage drew the reader’s attention to the fact that although this reward may be attained by all the faithful, there is a gradation of the future reward depending on the services; he mentioned martyrdom for faith in the first place among them.
Vox Patrum
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2020
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vol. 74
221-230
EN
List of degree works from Christian antiquity completed in Polish research centers in 2015-2019
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Wykaz prac dyplomowych z antyku chrześcijańskiego ukończonych w polskich ośrodkach naukowych w latach 2015-2019
Vox Patrum
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2014
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vol. 61
373-385
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Presented paper is a part of the cycle of the articles on the faith in St Ambrose’s letters. The second one – presented here – shows interpreters of the faith and those who in the special way are the examples and models of the faith and are respon­sible for the handing faith down to fellow Christians and to unbelievers. Without a doubt, all believers are obliged to bear witness to the faith, but the bishop of Milan shows in his letters the special groups of the faithful who are in a particular way responsible for the transmission of the faith and must be the models of faith. First of all Ambrose in his letters shows – according to the christian topos – the persons from the Bible and the martyrs as the spacial examples of faith. However, much more attention he pays to contemporary bishops and emperors of the Roman Empire who, according to Ambrose, in a special way are responsible for highlight­ing and giving an example of faith. In being an example of the Christian faith to others, the most important thing – according to Bishop of Milan – is persisting in its orthodoxy, perseverance in it, and of course observance the moral principles arising from the faith.
Vox Patrum
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2014
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vol. 61
171-177
EN
St. Ambrose of Milan was the first of the great bishops of the western part of the Empire, who lived and held his pontificate, when the Christian religion has become religio licita, and even for a short period of time he could enjoy the status of Christianity as religio regalis. The position which he held gave him an opportu­nity, or even necessity, frequent contacts with the rulers of the Empire. Therefore, both the personal experience of the secular power, the function exercised by him before he became a bishop, religious and social circumstances, but also pastoral reasons influenced the fact that he formed the image of a Christian emperor, that Ambrose tried to show to his flock, but most of all to the emperors with whom he shared his concern for the Christian world. The article shows the image of a Chri­stian emperor in the letters of St. Ambrose.
Vox Patrum
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2016
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vol. 65
727-739
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Among the famous people related to Warmia one of the most prominent is un­doubtedly the bishop of Warmia, Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius, a famous diplomat, humanist, lawyer, poet, illuminator scientific life in Warmia, but also a theologian and defender of the Catholic faith. His theological views and his defending of the faith against the reformers are included in a number of his writings, but the greatest influence and fame had his work Confessio catholicae fidei Christiana (Christian profession of the Catholic faith). It was written as an extension of a creed created on request of participants of the Council in Piotrków (1551), who turned to Hosius with request to write a short statement of the most important truths of the Catholic faith. In his work Hosius many times repeatedly referred to the argument from Tradition and he used the writings of the early Christian writers. The article is an attempt to explore how Hosius, arguing with Protestants, uses patristic argument and how he uses the writings of early Christian writers. The article presents as well the idea of the reception of the Fathers of the Church in the most important work of Hosius.
Vox Patrum
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2019
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vol. 72
203-218
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Certainly one of the greatest phenomena of Christianity are the masses of martyrs who gave and still give their lives for Christ. In particular, martyrdom’s spirituality was characteristic of the first centuries of Christianity, and Roman Africa was undoubtedly the region that exceled in the number of martyrs, in the number of known acts of martyrdom and encouragements for martyrdom. In this article, based on existing ancient testimonies from the writings of Tertullian, Cyprian, the acts of the martyrs, Augustine, Arnobius and Lactantius, martyrdom is shown as one of the main features of North African spirituality.
PL
Z pewnością jednym z największych fenomenów chrześcijaństwa są rzesze męczenników, którzy oddawali i oddają swe życie za Chrystusa. W sposób szczególny duchowość męczeńska była charakterystyczna dla pierwszych wieków chrześcijaństwa, a regionem, który przodował w ilości męczenników, liczbie znanych opisów męczeństwa oraz zachęt do męczeństwa, była niewątpliwie Afryka Rzymska. W niniejszym artykule, na podstawie istniejących świadectw starożytnych z pism Tertuliana, Cypriana, akt męczenników, Augustyna, Arnobiusza i Laktancjusza, ukazane zostały przejawy męczeństwa jako jednej z głównych cech duchowości Afryki Północnej.
Vox Patrum
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2017
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vol. 67
727-742
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Pisma Orygenesa i Hieronima, które są bazą źródłową artykułu, choć w różnej formie literackiej – homilia i list – i napisane w innym celu i w różnym czasie, oba ukazują egzegezę 33. rozdziału Księgi Liczb w którym opisane są postoje Narodu Wybranego na pustyni na drodze ku Ziemi Obiecanej. Oba dzieła są klasycznym przykładem interpretacji alegorycznej tekstu Pisma świętego. Obaj autorzy in­terpretują 42 postoje podczas wędrówki Izraela po pustyni przede wszystkim jako Boży plan duchowego rozwoju chrześcijanina, lecz także obecne są w ich rozważaniach elementy eschatologiczne. W prezentowanym artykule ukaza­ne są te eschatologiczne idee obecne w obu interpretacjach wędrówki Narodu Wybranego ku Ziemi Obiecanej, źródła ich interpretacji, ich podobieństwa i róż­nice, zależność Hieronima od Orygenesa w jego interpretacji postojów na pustyni, ze szczególnym uwzględeniem idei eschatologii zrealizowanej obecnej w dzie­le Aleksandryjczyka. Orygenes w swej interpretacji przedstawił bogaty obraz eschatologicznej nadziei, podczac gdy Hieronim niemal w ogóle nie wspomina w swym liście o nadziei na drodze ku Bogu po śmierci.
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The writings of Origen and Jerome, which are the source of the article, al­though in a different literary form – a homily and a letter – and written for a diffe­rent purpose and at different times, both are exegesis of the chapter 33 of the Book of Numbers in which the stops of the Israelites in the desert on the road to the Promised Land are described. Both texts are the classic examples of allegorical interpretation of the Scripture. Both authors interpret the 42 “stages” of Israel’s wilderness wanderings above all as God’s roadmap for the spiritual growth of individual believers, but there are present as well eschatological elements in their interpretations. In the presented paper there are shown these eschatological ideas of both authors included in their interpretations of the wandering of the Chosen People on their way to the Promised Land, sources of their interpretations, simi­larities and differences, and the dependence of Jerome on Origen in the interpre­tation of the stages, with the focuse on the idea of realized eschatology, present in Alexandrinian’s work. Origen has presented in his interpretation a very rich picture of the future hope, but Jerome almost nothing mentioned in his letter about hopes of the way towards God after death.
Vox Patrum
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2013
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vol. 60
497-511
EN
The presented paper discusses the issue of faith in St. Ambrose’s letters. According to him, there is nothing more important than faith and therefore he refers repeatedly in his correspondence to various issues related to faith. So Ambrose’s letters are the perfect practical complement to his dogmatic and exe­getical works. The above article on the basis of the reading of his letters shows the faith as a gift to be developed and improved, having the source in the Scriptures; richness of faith and its reference to other virtues and the Christian faith in relation to Jews and Gentiles are shown as well.
Vox Patrum
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2012
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vol. 58
289-305
EN
This article presents the concept of joy in surviving more than 90 letters of St. Ambrose of Milan. As it is clear from the above analysis of St. Ambrose’s letters, he included in them broad and deep reflections on a joy. Certainly the vocabulary that was used by Bishop of Milan to describe the phenomenon of joy reflects the richness of this phenomenon. The variety of topics, context, sources of joy prsented in his letters show the importance of joy in the life and work of the Bishop of Milan. He appreciates the earthly joy, drawing from ordinary, earthly life, but beyond it he submits the spiritual joy, „joy of the heart” (iucundi­tas cordis), which comes from God, the Giver of wisdom.
Vox Patrum
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2017
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vol. 68
327-340
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This article presents the results of the analysis of the correspondence of St. Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan, concerning heresies and heretics and the hope of their final reconciliation with the Church. The article consists of two essential parts, the first shows the definition and essence of heresies and heretics, including examples of heretics and how they act. The second part focuses on dealing with heretics and fighting for the unity of the Church. This section shows the ways in which this fight is taking place and the parties responsible for it: the bishops and the emperors. Reading the letters of St. Ambrose does not leave any illusions – the Bishop of Milan has gradually been losing the hope for ending such conflicts, above all with the Arians. Reasons for such an attitude are repeatedly presented in his letters – the conflict of the basilicas, the attitudes of the heretics, the weakness of orthodox believers and priests. It seems, however, that in spite of everything still smoulders in him spark of hope, because to the last letter of preserved cor­respondence he calls for return to the bosom of the Church and orthodoxy.
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Vox Patrum
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2018
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vol. 69
721-733
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In the above article, based on the correspondence of St. Jerome and St. Augustine, there has been shown how these two outstanding the Bible experts, translators and interpreters understood the principles used in its translation. In three parts – entitled: Work, Man, Way – the importance and significance of the Bible and its translations, above all the Septuagint, the tasks and features of the man who translates, the methods and ways of translating were shown. Both of them in their letters indicated: the necessity of an exceptional and proper ap­proach to the Holy Scriptures, a good preparation of the translator and the use of a method that would be appropriate to the translated piece: in the case of the Bible – a beautiful translation preserving the arrangement of the words of the inspired Scriptures; and in the case of non-canonical pieces – expressing the thoughts using the rules of the language into which the work is translated.
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Vox Patrum
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2008
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vol. 52
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issue 2
1269-1279
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Tertullian (ca. 155-225) very often is described as a rigorist, who is burning with vengeance. Although for him the coming end is above all a time of reckoning., in his writings, as „the theologian of the hope” - as Erie Osborn has called him - a lot of thoughts about future reward can be found. In this paper the Tertullian’s teaching about eschatological reward is presented. Among his ideas of the future life the idea of resurrection of the body is found as the most important. And as the result of it Tertullian amplifies his teaching about heaven, as the being with God and Christ, as the banquet in the Kingdom of God. According to Tertullian it will be one reward - eternal life - but in different characters. The special place in his system of eschatological reward is granted to martyrs.
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Vox Patrum
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2015
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vol. 64
581-594
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St. Ambrose’s letters are a unique example of bishop’s concern for pastoral, social and political issues relating to the city, the diocese, the Empire and the Church. They have been a special way of his pastoral influence and work. He in­cluded in them a number of moral, legal and dogmatic instructions, among which he described a model of the Christian sage. It was based on the statements of the Stoic philosophy, but finally the Christian character arising from Scripture, and es­pecially from the teaching of St. Paul the Apostle, was added to Ambrose’s model of a sage. According to Ambrose, the basic feature of the sage is freedom, but it also provides a number of other features – such as submission to God, love for the neighbours, the spirit of repentance, knowledge of God’s Law – which constitute the perfect sage, and ultimately – the perfect Christian.
Vox Patrum
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2010
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vol. 55
699-720
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The article shows the model of the perfect Christian depicted by the Bishop of Carthage, St. Cyprian. This model is particularly interesting since it was formed during the persecution, which had a major impact on shaping the image of the perfect Christian. This paper consists of three main parts: the first - St. bishop Cyprian of Carthage and his time – in which the circumstances of his pastoral work and his works are given, the other - Perfection for all - shows a model of perfection that St. Cyprian proposed to all believers, and in the third part, the martyrs - „a fruit a hundredfold” of perfection - are portrayed. To them Cyprian admitted the highest degree of Christian perfection. For bishop Cyprian the Christian-martyrs, who perfectly fulfilled God’s commandments in everyday life and in the most perfect way they united themself with Christ in the suffering and in the death, were primarily a perfect model of the Christians. And this model of perfect Christianmartyr for decades after Cyprian - till the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great - was the main model of a perfect Christian.
Vox Patrum
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2018
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vol. 70
193-204
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The turn of the 4th and 5th centuries is a period of exuberant development of a monastic life in the West. This fact was also reflected in the correspondence of the authors of this period (Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome and Paulinus Nolensis of Nola), who are considered to be the fathers of the Western monasticism. Many people entered the path of life devoted to Christ voluntarily and without dilem­mas, but there were also those who were encouraged to make this decision and yet they felt some resistance. Of this we can also find testimonies in the letters of the authors mentioned above. Among their nearly 500 letters, we find only seven that relate to the theme of calling and encouragement to the monastic life. They are directed to only three people (two soldiers and wealthy married couple), which, however, are an example of serious dilemmas and problems with entering the path of monastic life. The authors show in their letters arguments for taking up monastic life and ways of its implementation. The letters show a better and more perfect life. In letters there is no call for leaving the world in a literal way, but only a peculiar “abandonment” of the world, and above all a profound eschatological dimension of such a decision. There is a deep hope that for abandoning what is earthly, a reward that transcends earthly goods awaits for a man who undertakes a monastic life. In the face of the vanity of the world, its worries and problems, certainly a better hope is shown in the encouragements of the letters.
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