Pelagiusz widziany oczami św. Augustyna, św. Hieronima, Pawła Orozjusza i Mariusza Mercatora

• Authors: Rafał Toczko

Title variants

EN

Pelagius as seen by Augustine, Jerome, Paul Orosius and Marius Mercator – a comparative study

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This paper aims at presenting the pecularities of the image of Pelagius as a heretic in the anti-Pelagian works of Augustine, Jerome, Paul Orosius and Marius Mercator. The circumstances of every analyzed writing are taken under consideration, for the date of composition and the size of a given polemics matter and influence the rhetorical strategies of the writers. The analysis is based on two categories, namely the similiarities and the differences between the portrayal of Pelagius. The contents of these works are interpreted from the perspective of their rhetorical form and literary techniques inherent in them and not from the perspec­tive of a historian of theology. The analysis enables to conclude that Augustine’s portrayal is the most coher­ent, persuasive an detailed of all the considered heretical images. It is also the most elegant, e.g. Augustine – contrary to all other three writers – refrains from deriding the physical features of Pelagius or his origins. The Augustine’s Pelagius is presented as the most dangerous new heretic and the arguments a persona are best fitted with the theological layer of polemics. One must, however, bear in mind that Augustine’s works against Pelagius are far more numerous and longer than any other writer’s.

Keywords

PL

Pelagiusz; Augustyn; Hieronim; Paweł Orozjusz; Mariusz Mercator

EN

Pelagius; Augustine; Jerome; Paul Orosius; Marius Mercator

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 57
• Pages: 699-712

Dates

published

2012-06-15

Contributors

author

Rafał Toczko

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.4161