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Filosofizzazione del cristianesimo

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Magris A.

Verbum Vitae

2021

vol. 39

issue 3

915-940

Whereas all major aspects of the Hellenic civilization faded away at the triumph of the Christian religion, only Greek philosophy remained, and found some original developments inside the new cultural environment. Therefore, we should speak rather of philosophization than of hellenization of Christianity. Many earlier Christian authors were indeed hostile towards philosophy, yet Justin’s, Clement’s and Origen’s line prevailed, saying it could provide a propedeutics to the understanding of faith, although not as a whole but specifically in its Platonic and Aristotelian tradition. The Church Fathers gathered from the repertoire of these sources most notions and topics useful for two aims: firstly, the assumption of the free will supporting ethics, and the demonstration of the divine providence as a pivot for theodicy; secondly, the refutation of pagan idolatry and contemporary heresies. Above all, against the Manicheans they made wide use of the key concepts drawn from the Aristotelian ontology. The philosophization has become an integral part of Christian identity and vision.

Laddove la cultura ellenica nei suoi aspetti più importanti scomparve all’avvento della religione cristiana, solo la filosofia greca sopravvisse, anzi trovò nella nuova situazione culturale forme di sviluppo originali. Perciò noi dovremmo parlare di filosofizzazione, piuttosto che di ellenizzazione del cristianesimo. Inizialmente gli autori cristiani erano avversi alla filosofia, ma poi prevalse la linea di Giustino, di Clemente e di Origine secondo cui essa poteva rappresentare una propedeutica a una comprensione colta della fede: certo non tutta la filosofia greca ma soltanto il filone platonico e aristotelico. Da queste specifiche fonti i Padri della Chiesa trassero concetti e argomentazioni utili per due scopi: il primo, la dimostrazione del libero arbitrio a supporto dell’etica, e della provvidenza divina in funzione della teodicea; il secondo, la critica dei miti e culti pagani e delle contemporanee sette eretiche. In particolare la confutazione del manicheismo impiegò su larga scale le strutture formali dell’ontologia aristotelica. La filosofizzazione divenne parte integrante dell’identità e della visione cristiana del mondo.

O pojęciu hellenizacji

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Mrugalski D.

Verbum Vitae

2021

vol. 39

issue 3

639-657

The term Hellenization refers to the spread of Greek culture and its adoption by non-Greek peoples, in the era that begins with the conquests of Alexander the Great (i.e. from the second half of the 4th century BC onwards). The term is defined likewise or similarly in many modern dictionaries and encyclopedias of antiquity. The term became problematic when, in the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, historians of religion associated it with certain kinds of value judgements and sometimes even ideology. Therefore, some contemporary scholars propose abandoning the concept of ‘Hellenization’ in the study of antiquity, or to replace it with others that would describe the phenomena occurring in the Hellenistic era neutrally. This article shall present an overview of selected positions with regard to the notion of ‘Hellenization’ itself, and attempt to answer the question whether this ideologically loaded term can be avoided in contemporary research on the Hellenistic Age

Pojęcie hellenizacji odnosi się do rozprzestrzeniania się greckiej kultury i przejmowania jej przez ludy niebędące Grekami w czasach, które zapoczątkowują podboje Aleksandra Wielkiego (czyli od drugiej połowy IV w. p.n.e.). W taki lub podobny sposób termin ten zostaje zdefiniowany w wielu współczesnych słownikach i encyklopediach dotyczących starożytności. Pojęcie to stało się problematyczne, gdy w drugiej połowie XIX w. i pierwszej połowie XX w. historycy religii powiązali je z pewnego rodzaju sądami wartościującymi, a niekiedy nawet ideologicznymi. Dlatego też niektórzy współcześni uczeni proponują porzucenie pojęcia „hellenizacja” w badaniach nad antykiem bądź zastąpienie go innymi, które w sposób neutralny opisywałyby zjawiska zachodzące w epoce hellenistycznej. W niniejszym artykule przedstawiono przegląd wybranych stanowisk w odniesieniu do samego pojęcia „hellenizacja”, a także podjęto próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy we współczesnych badaniach dotyczących epoki hellenistycznej można uniknąć tego obciążonego ideologicznie terminu.

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