The Gnostic-Manichaean Tradition in Roman North Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10078763 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W H C Frend (Canisius College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1953 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-26 |
| Publication date | 1953-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046900025628 |
| OpenAlex | W2102944280 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Throughout its history one may detect three principle tendencies at work in the African Church. First, and probably the strongest, was the traditional Cyprianic and Donatist view of Christianity. This was a Biblical religion, rejecting the culture and society of the surrounding pagan world and exalting the qualities of the prophet and the martyr. Its ideas can be traced in unbroken sequence through the Montanists of Tertullian's time and the confessor party during the primacy of Cyprian down to the Donatists themselves. This religion interpreted the ideas of the majority of the North Africans at least as late as the first decades of the fifth century, and in particular it appealed to the labouring population of Numidia for whom it provided means of voicing hostility to the Roman taxes and Roman institutions
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 1997 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |