Jerome, Vigilantius, and the cults of the saints

Keller, Rebecca J. (author)

While the publication of a new critical edition of Jerome’s Contra Vigilantium in 2005 has renewed interest in recent years, there remains much work to be done on several issues concerning the text. The argument that Jerome was tacitly endorsing Vigilantius’s theological perspective because Jerome did not respond with a clear explanation of his position is not entirely convincing, not least because this argument fails to take into account the genre of the text. Because Jerome’s purpose was primarily to attack and undermine the position of Vigilantius, Jerome’s doctrine is veiled beneath his scathing rhetoric. This study provides a close reading of Contra Vigilantium, considering the genre of the text, Jerome’s rhetoric, and its implications. It also examines how Jerome’s other works and letters provide insight into Jerome’s position in Contra Vigilantium, and his understanding of the cults of the saints and relic practices.

• Language: English
• Keywords: relics, saints, theology, Victricius
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 283-292
• Numbering: Letn. 81, [št.] 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163909
• UDC: 27-36-1sv.Hieronim
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2021/02/Keller
• COBISS.SI-ID: 87424003
• Publication date in RUL: 14.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Hieronim, Vigilancij in kult svetnikov

Abstract

Čeprav je objava nove kritične izdaje Hieronimovega dela Contra Vigilantium leta 2005 obnovila zanimanje zanj, ostaja veliko vprašanj v povezavi z njim še vedno odprtih. Argument, da je Hieronim potihem odobraval Vigilancijev teološki pogled, ker naj prvi ne bi jasno izrazil svojega lastnega prepričanja, ni povsem prepričljiv, saj premislek te vrste ne upošteva zvrsti besedila. Hieronimov primarni namen sta bila napad in spodkopavanje Vigilancijevega pogleda, zato je svoj nauk zakril pod ostro retoriko. Prispevek ponuja podrobno branje dela Contra Vigilantium, pri tem pa upošteva zvrst besedila, Hieronimovo retoriko in njene implikacije. Analizira tudi, kako druga Hieronimova dela in pisma pomagajo k razumevanju Contra Vigilantium in na sploh njegovega pojmovanja čaščenja svetnikov in relikvij.

• Keywords: relikvije, svetniki, teologija, Viktricij