20.500.12556/RUL-180433 People in error depictions of Pagans in Rufinus’ Church History Ljudje v zmoti opisi poganov v Rufinovi Cerkveni zgodovini Among his other works, Rufinus of Aquileia translated and continued Eusebius of Caesarea’s Church History. This article deals with this continuation, i.e., Rufinus’ Church History, covering the years 325–395. A lot of its content is devoted to pagans, specifically to confrontations between pagans and Christians, and to pagan conversions. This in­cludes both pagans within the borders of the Roman empire and those beyond the imperial frontiers in Aksum, Iberia, and the Saracen lands. The article shows how Rufinus presented these pagans in his Church History. A twofold picture emerges, with a clear distinction between “domestic” and foreign pagans. While writing of the latter (limited to presenting the conversion of the three mentioned foreign peoples), Rufinus in no way characterizes their paganism as something negative. They are presented as pagan but in a matter­of­fact way, as a sort of first step on their way to becoming Christian. Concerning the pagans dwelling within the Roman Empire, the audience is presented with a completely different picture. Their religion is consistently presented as an error, into which duplicitous daemons have driven them. Deception is seen as a crucial part of paganism according to Rufinus. On the one hand, it is the deception of the daemons who themselves know full well that they are powerless against Christ, and so they cannot help their followers when Christians confront them. On the other hand, deception in the form of cunning tricks is also one of the key tools used by pagan priests. This paper thus offers a detailed presentation of the majority of the pagan­Christian confrontations in the Church History. Rufin iz Akvileje je med svojimi drugimi deli prevedel tudi Cerkveno zgodovino Evzebija iz Cezareje in napisal njeno nadaljevanje. Članek je posvečen temu nadaljevanju, torej Rufinovi Cerkveni zgodovini, v kateri so opisani dogodki iz let 325–395. V njej je veliko prostora posvečenega poganom, natančneje soočenjem poganov s kristjani ter spreobrnitvam poganov. To vključuje tako pogane znotraj rimskih meja kot tiste izven cesarstva v Aksumu, Iberiji in na ozemlju Saracenov. Članek je posvečen vprašanju, kako je Rufin pogane predstavil v svojem delu, pri čemer se pokaže neke vrste dvodelna slika z jasnimi razlikami med »domačimi« in tujimi pogani. Ko piše o slednjih (to pisanje je omejeno na predstavitev pokristjanjenja treh naštetih ljudstev), Rufin njihovega poganstva ne opredeli kot nekaj negativnega. Omenja sicer, da gre za pogane, vendar je to predstavljeno bolj kot prva stopnica na poti do njihove spreobrnitve. Pri poganih znotraj cesarstva pa je bralec soočen s povsem drugačno sliko. Rufin njihovo vero vsakič znova predstavi kot zmoto, v katero so pogane zavedli pretkani demoni. Ravno zavajanje oziroma prevare so v Rufinovi Cerkveni zgodovini ključna sestavina poganstva. Po eni strani gre za prevare demonov, ki se popolnoma zavedajo svoje nemoči proti Kristusu, zaradi česar ne morejo pomagati svojim vernikom, ko se ti soočijo s kristjani. Po drugi strani so razni zavajajoči triki eno ključnih orodij poganskih svečenikov. V članku je podrobneje predstavljena večina soočenj med pogani in kristjani iz Rufinove Cerkvene zgodovine. Christianity paganism Roman Empire Church history krščanstvo poganstvo rimsko cesarstvo cerkvena zgodovina true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-03-09 12:22:05 2026-03-09 12:22:12 2026-03-12 11:29:56 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 73-121 št. 2 Letn. 7 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-12-29 821.124'02.09 2670-6210 10.4312/clotho.7.2.73-121 270498563 RAZ_Petric_Matej_2025.pdf RAZ_Petric_Matej_2025.pdf 1 E30BB8FB2C1DD5B163423C38139C1980 42b960a0c7b55ae26d8c0afb147dc0f2feb148201c239e922da0a40000641017 a2ff2828-1baa-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=229817 https://journals.uni-lj.si/clotho/article/view/21441 0 bb98e1ed-1baa-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=229818 Filozofska fakulteta Clotho 0 0 0