…In 415-416, he visited Jerome in Bethlehem at the recommendation of his teacher, and in 415, at the local church council in Jerusalem, he criticized Pelagius as a heretic. When he returned from the East, Augustine, who was writing The City of God, encouraged him to use historical methods to refute the pagan attacks on Christianity, which had been rekindled following the Visigoths' sack of Rome (410). In just over a year, he completed the seven volumes of The History Against the Pagans. This book follows the chronology of Eusebius and also relies on pagan sources such as Livy, Justin, and Eutropius, covering the history from the creation of the world to 417. Due to its purpose, it emphasizes the disasters of the pagan era, but downplays those of the Christian era, presenting a Christian view of history as progress, and was widely read in the Middle Ages. … *The following is a portion of the glossary that refers to "History Against Pagans." Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…415‐416年,師の勧めでベツレヘムのヒエロニムスのもとを訪れ,415年エルサレムの地方教会会議ではペラギウスを異端として論難している。東方から戻ると,《神の国》を執筆中のアウグスティヌスに,西ゴートのローマ市略奪(410)を契機に再燃した異教徒のキリスト教非難を歴史的に論駁するよう勧められ,1年余りで《異教徒に反論する歴史》7巻を完成させた。この書はエウセビオスの編年法に従い,リウィウス,ユスティヌス,エウトロピウスなど異教側史料にも依拠して,天地創造から417年までの歴史を扱い,その執筆目的ゆえに異教時代の災厄を強調する反面,キリスト教時代の災禍は軽視してキリスト教的進歩史観を示しており,中世に広く読まれた。… ※「《異教徒に反論する歴史》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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