Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This study offers an in-depth examination of Porphyrian soteriology, or the concept of the salvation of the soul, in the thought of Porphyry of Tyre, whose significance for late antique thought is immense. Porphyry's concept of salvation is important for an understanding of those cataclysmic forces, not always theological, that helped convert the Roman Empire from paganism to Christianity. Porphyry, a disciple of Plotinus, was the last and greatest anti-Christian writer to vehemently attack the Church before the Constantinian revolution. His contribution to the pagan-Christian debate on universalism can thus shed light on the failure of paganism and the triumph of Christianity in late antiquity. In a broader historical and cultural context this study will address some of the issues central to the debate on universalism, in which Porphyry was passionately involved and which was becoming increasingly significant during the unprecedented series of economic, cultural, political, and military crises of the third century. As the author will argue, Porphyry may have failed to find one way of salvation for all humanity, he nonetheless arrived a hierarchical soteriology, something natural for a Neoplatonist, which resulted in an integrative religious and philosophical system. His system is examined in the context of other developing ideologies of universalism, during a period of unprecedented imperial crises, which were used by the emperors as an agent of political and religious unification. Christianity finally triumphed over its competitors owing to its being perceived to be the only universal salvation cult that was capable of bringing about this unification. In short, it won due to its unique universalist soteriology. By examining a rival to Christianity's concept of universal salvation, this book will be valuable to students and scholars of ancient philosophy, patristics, church history, and late antiquity.Review: "Simmons demonstrates command of sources in Greek, Latin and Syriac...for those interested in Porphyry's response to Christianity, this will likely be the volume of choice for some considerable time."

Salvation --- Universalism. --- Salut --- Universalisme --- Comparative studies. --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- Etudes comparatives --- Christianisme --- Histoire des doctrines --- Porphyry, --- Rome --- Religion. --- Religion --- Porphyre, --- Salus extra ecclesiam --- Universal salvation --- Salvation after death --- Porphyrios, --- Porphyrius --- Porphyrius, --- Porfirio, --- Malchus, --- Porfiryus, --- פורפוריוס --- פורפיריוס, --- Πορφύριος, --- Histoire des doctrines. --- Porfirio --- Porphyrius Neoplatonicus --- Porphyrius Tyrius, Philosophus --- Porphyry --- Porphyre --- Universalism

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Le présent ouvrage se propose de revisiter un texte souvent cité en tant que témoin-clé de la christianisation dans l’Antiquité tardive : la Vie de Porphyre de Gaza par Marc le Diacre (VSP). Ce document équivoque, qui revêt la forme littéraire d’une Vie de saint, raconte comment la ville de Gaza en Palestine fit table rase de son passé païen sous l’impulsion d’un évêque chrétien, Porphyre, au début du Ve siècle. La majeure partie du récit est consacrée à la destruction du temple poliade de Gaza, qui cède sa place à une église chrétienne. Néanmoins, depuis plusieurs siècles, les savants n’ont pas ménagé leurs critiques concernant la part de fiction et celle d’histoire dans la VSP, mettant en doute plusieurs de ses assertions. Le présent volume comprend une édition critique et une traduction française, entamées à nouveaux frais et assorties d’un commentaire qui vise à s’affranchir du poids de l’érudition anté-rieure, notamment de la contribution d’un Grégoire (1930), qui a durablement scellé le dossier. L’auteure s’interroge sur la raison d’être de la VSP et y voit le récit de la christianisation d’une cité païenne dans l’Antiquité tardive, à travers la métamorphose de son lieu de culte principal.

Christianity --- Christianisme --- Porphyry, --- Christianity. --- Marcus, --- Porphyrios, --- Gaza Strip --- 235.3*321 --- 235.3*321 Griekse hagiografische bronnen --- Griekse hagiografische bronnen --- Porphyrius ep. Gazae

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Philosophers, Ancient --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Philosophes anciens --- Philosophie ancienne --- Biography --- Historiography --- Biographies --- Historiographie --- Diogenes Laertius --- Porphyry, --- Eunapius, --- History and criticism. --- Diogenes Laertius. --- -Ancient philosophers --- -History and criticism --- Eunapius --- Porphyry --- Laertius, Diogenes --- Diogen Laėrt︠s︡iĭ --- Diogen Laėrt︠s︡kiĭ --- Laėrt︠s︡kiĭ, Diogen --- Laėrt︠s︡iĭ, Diogen --- Diogène Laërce --- Laërce, Diogène --- Diogene Laerzio --- Laerzio, Diogene --- Διογένης, --- Διογένης Λαέρτιος --- Λαέρτιος, Διογένης --- Diogenes Laertios --- Porfirio --- Porphyrius Neoplatonicus --- Porphyrius Tyrius, Philosophus --- Porphyre --- -Biography --- Diogène Laërce --- Ancient philosophers --- Biography&delete& --- History and criticism --- Porphyrios, --- Porphyrius --- Porphyrius, --- Porfirio, --- Malchus, --- Porphyre, --- Porfiryus, --- פורפוריוס --- פורפיריוס, --- Πορφύριος, --- Eunapius. --- Philosophers [Ancient ] --- Philosophers, Ancient - Biography - History and criticism. --- Diogenes Laertius. - Lives, teachings, and sayings of famous philosophers. --- Eunapius, - ca. 345-ca. 420. - Vitae sophistarum. --- Porphyry, - ca. 234-ca. 305.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Predicate (Logic) --- Metaphysics --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Early works to 1800 --- Porphyry, --- Aristotle --- -Metaphysics --- -Philosophy, Medieval --- Medieval philosophy --- Scholasticism --- God --- Ontology --- Philosophy --- Philosophy of mind --- Predicables (Logic) --- Predication (Logic) --- Categories (Philosophy) --- Language and logic --- Logic --- Porphyry --- Aristoteles. --- Aristoteles --- Aristote --- Aristotile --- Porfirio --- Porphyrius Neoplatonicus --- Porphyrius Tyrius, Philosophus --- Porphyre --- Aristotle. --- Predicate (Logic) - Early works to 1800 --- Metaphysics - Early works to 1800 --- Porphyry, - approximately 234-approximately 305 - Isagoge --- Aristotle - Categoriae