Discussing the concept of heresy: the case of John Cassian (Provence, 5th century)
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2017v10n20p1041Keywords:
Heresy, John Cassian, 13th Conference, SemipelagianismAbstract
Prosper of Aquitaine is best known for accusing the monks of Provence of being Semipelagians. Due to these accusations, since the 16th century, scholars would have considered that John Cassian´s 13th Conference (apr. 426 AD) played an important role in the development of a soft version of Pelagianism, after reading it as a contestation of Augustine´s teachings on grace, free will and predestination. This article intends to discuss the concept of heresy, analysing the 13th Conference not as opposing to Augustine´s positions, but as part of a monastical theological´s perspective, settled in Provence and centered in human agency and in the importance of obedience in order to achieve salvation.References
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CASIDAY, A. Traditio and theology in St John Cassian. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
CASSIEN, Jean. Conférences. Introduction, texte latin, traduction et notes par Dom E. Pichery. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1958.
CASSIEN, Jean. Institutions cénobitiques. Introduction, traduction et notes par Jean-Claude Guy, s.j. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 2001.
CASSIEN, Jean. Traité de l´Incarnation contre Nestorius. Introduction, traduction du latin et annotation par Marie-Anne Vannier. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1999.
CASSIAN, Jean. The Conferences. Translated and annotated by Boniface Ramsey O.P. New York, Mahway: Newman Press, 1997.
CHADWICK, H. The Early Church. Penguin, London; New York : Penguin Books, 1993.
DUBY, G. Idade Média, idade dos homens e outros ensaios. Tradução Jônatas Batista Neto. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1989.
GILSON, E. Livre-arbítrio e liberdade cristã. In: ______. O espírito da filosofia medieval. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006.
GOODRICH, R. Contextualizing Cassian: aristocrats, asceticism and reformation in fifth-century Gaul. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
HARTOG, P. Orthodoxy and heresy in Early Christian Contexts: Reconsidering the Bauer Thesis. Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2015.
HWANG, A; MATZ, B; CASIDAY, A. Grace for grace: the debates after Augustine & Pelagius. Washington: The Catholic University of American Press, 2014.
JACQUIN, M. A quelle date apparaît de terme ‘semi-pélagien´?”. Revue des science philosophiques et théologiques, Belgica, v. 1, p. 506-508, 1907.
KÖSTENBERGER, A; KRUEGER, M. The heresy of orthodoxy: how contemporary culture´s fascination with diversity has reshaped our understanding of early Christianity. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2010.
LE GOFF, Jacques. Cultura clerical e tradições folclóricas na civilização merovíngia. In: _____. Para um novo conceito de Idade Média: tempo, trabalho e cultura no Ocidente. Lisboa: Estampa, 1990.
LEBRUN, G. Blaise Pascal. São Paulo: Brasiliense, 1983.
MARIARTY, M. Grace and religious belief in Pascal. In: HAMMOND, Nicholas. Cambridge Companion to Pascal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
MARKUS, R. O fim do cristianismo antigo. São Paulo: Paulus, 1997.
MATHISEN, R. Ecclesiastical factionalism and religious controversy in fifth-century Gaul. Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 1989.
PAGELS, E. The Gnostic Gospels. New York : Vintage Books , 1989.
PROSPER D´AQUITAINE. Lettre de Prosper d´Aquitaine a Saint Augustin. In: Aux moines d´Adrumète et de Provence. Introdution, traduction et notes par Jean Chéné, PSS, et Jacques Pintard. Desclée de Brouwer, 1962.
SENELLART, M. As artes de governar. São Paulo: Editora 34, 2006.
SMITH, T. De gratia: Faustus of Riez’s treatise of grace and its place in the history of theology. Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990.
STEWARD, C. Cassian the monk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
WEAVER, R. Divine grace and human agency: a study of semi-pelagian controversy. Macon: Mercer University, 1998.
WEISS, J-P. Le ´semi-pélagianisme’ se réduit-il à une reaction contre Augustine et l´augustinisme de la première géneration?. In: CONGRESSO INTERNAZIONAL SUR S. AGOSTINO NEL XVI CENTENÁRIO DELA CONVERSIONE, 1986, Roma. p. 465-481.
ZERNER, M. Inventer l´hérésie: discours polémiques et pouvoirs avant l´inquisition. Nice: Centre d´études médiévales. Faculté des lettres, arts et sciences humaines, 1998.
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PINHEIRO-JONES, Rossana. Discussing the concept of heresy: the case of John Cassian (Provence, 5th century). Antíteses, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 20, p. 1041–1062, 2017. DOI: 10.5433/1984-3356.2017v10n20p1041. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/27441. Acesso em: 23 jul. 2024.
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