The continuity of the state coercion in religious conflicts in North Africa

Stanisław Adamiak

Uniwersytet Warszawski , Poland


Abstract

The paper aims at showing the continuity of the methods and motivations of the religious persecutions in Roman North Africa between IV and VII century. Different examples are briefly analysed: anti-Christian persecutions of the first centuries, the struggle between the Catholics and the Donatists, the persecution of the Catholics by the Vandals and the religious coercion exercised against Jews and dissidents under Byzantine dominion. The continuity can be found not only in the means employed by the oppressors and their justification, but also in the descrip­tion of the situation produced by the victims.

Keywords:

Donatis, persecution, Three Chapters controversy, Late Roman Empire, state coercion in religious matters

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Published
2015-12-16


Adamiak, S. (2015). Kontynuacja przymusu państwowego w sprawach religijnych w Afryce Północnej. Vox Patrum, 64, 69–77. https://doi.org/10.31743/vp.3704

Stanisław Adamiak 
Uniwersytet Warszawski



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