Christian Protology and Eschatology Formed by Pagan Letters. Base on Cento De Verbi Incarnatione Cover Image

Chrześcijańskie zagadnienia protologiczno-eschatologiczne wyrażone za pomocą pogańskich liter. Na podstawie centonu De Verbi Incarnatione
Christian Protology and Eschatology Formed by Pagan Letters. Base on Cento De Verbi Incarnatione

Author(s): Mariusz Piątek
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: De Verbi Incarnatione; cento; Virgil; protology; eschatology

Summary/Abstract: The article shows Christian protology and eschatology issues in the Cento De Verbi Incarnatione. The main goal is to show how the centoner used Virgil’s words to create Christian theology in his poem. Did he only use letters or maybe also the context from the Aeneid, Bucolics and Georgics? In searching for similarities and differences between De Verbi Incarnatione and Virgil’s poems, we analyzed a few parts on teachings about the creation and the end of the world, the existence of Satan, sin entering the world, the results of sin and eschatology in general. The centoner in his work mainly uses the lexical level of Virgil’s works, though in most cases, he does not include their context. In the Cento, we can find many similarities between Christian figures in various works and the characters that appear in the works of greatest poet of the Augustian age.

  • Issue Year: 66/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 5-20
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish