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The case against Priscilianus

Author(s): Maria Jose Bravo Bosh
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Roman law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: case; Priscilianus
Summary/Abstract: This article considers the trial against Priscilianus from the end of IV century. In the doctrine, doubts have always been aroused, because of the absence of sources proving the righteous led legal procedure and how the trial against the bishop of Avila passed. An object of investigation is the legal character of this case, ended with a death warrant for Priscilianus and some of his followers. At that time an equalized and consistent legislation about prosecution of heresies did not exist. The trial was led in one historical and political moment, marked with a lot of changes. Imperators, in their intention to consolidate the limits of their empire, undertook permanent wars and concluded inconsiderate peace treaties. In that politically ambiguous age, the bishop of Avila is convicted, as it is found out a direct relation between certain of his actions and the crime maleficium, considered to be an extremely dangerous in the context of the Late Roman Empire and the emerging centralization of the Roman Christian church.

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