Traditions of the Roman school and Cassiodorus Vivarium Cover Image

Традиции римской школы и Виварий Кассиодора
Traditions of the Roman school and Cassiodorus Vivarium

Author(s): Vladimir M. Tyulenev
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social history, Ancient World, History of Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: Late Antiquity; Cassiodorus; Vivarium; antique pedagogics; cultural continuity;

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the question of how Cassiodorus comprehended the need of secular knowledge for system of Christian education and monastic service. Cassiodorus’s views on the place of the Roman school tradition in Christian pedagogics are investigated in the context of development of a Christian thought of the II—VI centuries. It is proved that Cassiodorus, acting as Augustine's successor, removes a contradiction between the religious truth and system of free arts. Addressing a contribution of fathers and teachers of Church, he shows that thanks to their eloquence many difficult questions of theology have been explained and became accessible even for insufficiently educated readers. It is noted that the first and the most resolute attempt for early medieval Europe to build in the Roman school in new religious practices belongs to Cassiodorus.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 114-124
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian