Светът потъва в руини: падането на Рим през 410 г. през погледа на християнските учители
The World Sinks into Ruin: the Fall of Rome in 410 AD from the Point of View of the Christian Fathers

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the epistolary and rhetorical reactions of Christian Fathers on the fall of Rome by Alarich in 410 AD. The accent is put on the St. Augustine and St. Jerome’s approach toward this tragic event in their works, sermons and letters. The author analyzes St. Augustine’s “De civitate Dei”, “Retractationes”, Sermons 296 and 105, Letters 99 to the widow Italica and 127 to Armenrarius and Paulina. The main observation is that Augustine represents the fall of Rome by his polemics against the pagans and his considerations about eternal and earthly life. St. Jerome’s reaction is related to his main doctrine about virginity and against marriage and is presented by the analysis of his letter to Ageruchia, written with the intention to stop her from a second marriage; letter 128 to Gaudentius, concerning the raising and education of his little girl Pacatula as a God’s virgin, and the letter 127 to Principia being a glorification of the Christian ascetic Marcella who died during the devastation of the City by the Visigoths.

• Details
• Contents