The genesis and the fall of a man in the "Tractatus paschales" of Gaudentius of Brescia

Bazyli Degórski

Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino , Italy


Abstract

The article surveys the teaching of Gaudentius on anthropology and especially on the Creation of human being and his primordial fall. The doctrine of St. Gaudentius recalls that of the Fathers, since he was de­pending on them and at the same time he had an influence on their works, so he can be inserted in a theological sequence: Origen (ca. 185-254), Basil of Caesarea (329-379), Gregory of Nyssa (335-395), Ambrose (339-397), Evagrius Ponticus (345-399), Philastrius (died ca. 397), Gaudentius (died 410), Augustine of Hippo (354-430), John Cassian (360-435), Quodvultdeus (died 454). The anthropological teaching of St. Gaudentius is an essential part of the wider Patristic Tradition, from which he takes exegetical elements, while at the same time providing many original insights.

Keywords:

Gaudentius of Brescia, patristic anthropology, original sin, patristic homiletics

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Published
2013-12-16


Degórski, B. (2013). Pochodzenie i upadek człowieka w "Traktatach wielkanocnych" św. Gaudentego z Brescii. Vox Patrum, 60, 111–122. https://doi.org/10.31743/vp.3981

Bazyli Degórski 
Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino



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