Spiritual Terminology in the Latin Translations of the Vita Antonii, with Reference to Fourth and Fifth Century Monastic Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3937116 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Van Ginkel, L Th A Lorie |
| Year | 1956 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 84 |
| Publication date | 1956-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1086445 |
| OpenAlex | W2161719561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
The interest which the Vita Antonii roused on its first appearance and which it continued to enjoy long after appears from the fact that to-day there are some seventy extant copies of the greek original 1 ), to which are to be added translations into Coptic, armenian, syriac, arabic, ethiopian, georgian and latin 2 ).The two extant latin texts, which represent different translations and which are the occasion of the present study, are by two writers who greatly differ in character and environment, but in their work keep pretty close to the text of St Athanasius.It must have been one of these two translations -unless we have to admit the presence of the original -which according to Augustine's testimony some dignitaries of the imperial court on a walk in the neighbourhood of Trier happened to find in a hermitage.On reading it one of them was so struck by its contents that he gave up his career at the imperial court to become a hermit and invited his companion to follow his example: 'ego iam abrupi me ab illa spe nostra et Deo servire statui et hoc ex hac hora in hoc loco aggredior.Te si piget imitati, noli adversari.Respondit ille adhaerere se socium tantae mercedis tan tacque militiae' 3 ).We appreciate Augustine's anecdote by which he allows us a glimpse of one of the very oldest centres of monasticism in these 1) The latest edition of the greek text is to be found in MG 26, 833ff.Cf.GARITTE, Htstoire du texte.2) The great credit enjoyed by the Vtta Antonii may be inferred from the fact that in later days a great number of lives of saints were modelled on the Vtta.Cf.MERTEL, Dte btographtsche Vorm.The historical value of the Vita Antomt is no longer a matter of doubt.Cf.HEUSSI, Der Ursprung, 78ff., 87ff., LIST, Das Antomusleben; DoRRIES, Dte Vtta Antontt.3) Соя/.8.6.15,Cf.COURCELLE: Les convertis de Trêves ne sont-ils pas Jérôme et Bonose?Recherches, 18Iff. 2 1 1) Cf.De script, eccl.125.2) Cf.JEROME, Epist.33. 3) Cf.CAVALLERA, Saint Jerome, 1.28; 11.153.4) Editto princeps: H. ROSWEYDUS.Vitae patrum, de vita et verbis seniorum libri X. Anrwerpiae, 1615.The foregoing editions are all of them mentioned by ROSWEYDUS.The latest editions are ML 73, 125ff.and MG 26, 833ff. in the greek text at the foot of the page
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2023 (21) |
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