Porphyry in Fragments

Description:

The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd c. A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of three prominent Christian writers to know what Porphyry wrote. Scholars have long thought that we could rely on those testimonies to know Porphyry's ideas. Exploring early religious debates which still resonate today, 'Porphyry in Fragments' argues instead that Porphyry's actual thoughts became mixed with the thoughts of the Christians who preserved his ideas, as well as those of other Christian opponents.

subjects: Controversial literature,  Christianity,  Rezeption,  Frühchristentum,  Against the Christians (Porphyry),  De consensu Evangelistarum (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint),  Religion, philosophy,  Theology, doctrinal,  Eusebius, of caesarea, bishop of caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340,  Jerome, saint, -419 or 420,  Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430,  Christianity, controversial literature,  De consensu Evangelistarum (Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo),  Christianisme,  Ouvrages de controverse,  RELIGION,  Christian Theology,  Systematic,  General

People: Eusebius of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea (approximately 260-approximately 340),  Porphyry (approximately 234-approximately 305),  Porphyrius (233-301),  Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430),  Jerome Saint (-419 or 420)