Peter Brown, Gilbert Dagron, Johannes Helmrath, Antonio Melloni, Emanuela Prinzivalli, Silvia Ronchey, Norman Tanner (a cura di), Costantino I. Enciclopedia costantiniana sulla figura e l'immagine dell'imperatore del cosiddetto Editto di Milano: 313-2013, 2013
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thoughtless act of a close-minded theologian. On the contrary, it was a calculated move, made to disrupt the
ecclesiastical policy conducted in the Diocese of the East by the Jerusalem Church to the detriment of Antioch.
brother praised her sophrosyne, i.e. chastity. Chastity was a virtue peculiar
to Graeco-Roman wife, who was expected to give her husband children,
and continue the family line. However, not everybody, in the world Gregory
and Gorgonia lived in, agreed that sophrosyne was the best achievement
a Christian could get to feel satisfi ed with his role in society. According to
Eustathius of Sebastia and his followers, only male and female virgins and
continents should have been granted this privilege. This thought jeopardised
the continuance of the familiae, and the stability of their political and ecclesiastical
accomplishments. In fact, the Eustathians used to believe that especially
priests should remain celibate, and denied them the right to have heirs.
Gregory Nazianzen was the son of a bishop: when he praised Gorgonia, he
celebrated the one who, within his family, had secured what Eustathius’s disciples
undermined."
the latter) are unanimously regarded as spurious, the work of a byzantine schoolboy. But this schoolboy is extremely
well-informed about people, places, and situations. His main source is undoubtedly Gregory of Nazianzus, who is
also the inspirer of the main idea the forger wants to credit: that Basil was an enemy of Julian. Such representation
is groundless. On the contrary, some clues exist that seem to prove the opposite is true. The apocriphal letters are the
product of a milieu determined to clear the famous bishop of Caesarea of blame of having been in good terms with the
emperor soon labeled as Apostate."
thoughtless act of a close-minded theologian. On the contrary, it was a calculated move, made to disrupt the
ecclesiastical policy conducted in the Diocese of the East by the Jerusalem Church to the detriment of Antioch.
brother praised her sophrosyne, i.e. chastity. Chastity was a virtue peculiar
to Graeco-Roman wife, who was expected to give her husband children,
and continue the family line. However, not everybody, in the world Gregory
and Gorgonia lived in, agreed that sophrosyne was the best achievement
a Christian could get to feel satisfi ed with his role in society. According to
Eustathius of Sebastia and his followers, only male and female virgins and
continents should have been granted this privilege. This thought jeopardised
the continuance of the familiae, and the stability of their political and ecclesiastical
accomplishments. In fact, the Eustathians used to believe that especially
priests should remain celibate, and denied them the right to have heirs.
Gregory Nazianzen was the son of a bishop: when he praised Gorgonia, he
celebrated the one who, within his family, had secured what Eustathius’s disciples
undermined."
the latter) are unanimously regarded as spurious, the work of a byzantine schoolboy. But this schoolboy is extremely
well-informed about people, places, and situations. His main source is undoubtedly Gregory of Nazianzus, who is
also the inspirer of the main idea the forger wants to credit: that Basil was an enemy of Julian. Such representation
is groundless. On the contrary, some clues exist that seem to prove the opposite is true. The apocriphal letters are the
product of a milieu determined to clear the famous bishop of Caesarea of blame of having been in good terms with the
emperor soon labeled as Apostate."