Образите на св. Атанасий Велики и император Юлиан Отстъпник според „Църковна история“ от Теодорит Кирски († сл. 453)
The Images of St Athanasius and Emperor Julianus the Apostate According to “Ecclesiastical History” by Theodoretus of Cyrrhus († After 453)

Author(s): Rosen Milanov
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Cultural history, History of Church(es), Diplomatic history, History of ideas, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology, History of Religion
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Summary/Abstract: Theodoretus of Cyrrhus is one of the ancient dogmatists, apologists, exegetes and biographers of Christian Church. He is also the author of “Ecclesias￾tical History”, which is continuation of the similar church history work of Eusebius of Caesarea. There are two antithetical images in this work: St Athanasius the Great and emperor Julianus the Apostate. In this paper, we will pay attention to three types of sources for the theses of Theodoretus and their gradation: the persons’ own words, other people’s testimonies, confirmed narrations of eyewitnesses. Two basic lines opposing Athanasius and Julianus are constituted: piety (εὐσέβεια) and impiety (ἀσέβεια). Levels of the composed antithesis are sought and comparison between the two historical persons and their meaning are made.

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