Contra Christianos: La critique sociale et religieuse du christianisme des origines au concile de Nicée (45-325)

Xavier Levieils

Published by De Gruyter 2007

Contra Christianos

La critique sociale et religieuse du christianisme des origines au concile de Nicée (45-325)

Xavier Levieils

Volume 146 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110934892

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About this book

The persecution of the Church ordered by the Roman State, whether it was by local magistrates or on imperial command, was the most visible manifestation of the hostility directed against Christians during the first three centuries of our era. In reality however, this persecution, more virulent in some of its episodes than in others, was merely the crystallisation of the rejection of Christianity already expressed by the population at large. Christianity, spreading rapidly beyond its original Jewish context, was perceived by Graeco-Roman society through the deforming lens of ideas and values entirely foreign to it. For this reason, Christians became the victims of religious and social categorisations which forced them into the margins of society. Christianity's assimilation with superstition (Jewish origins, irrational doctrine, recruitment from the masses, doubtful practices [magic, anthropophagy, ritual murder, sexual debauchery, Christ-worship, cross-worship, sun-worship, ass-worship]) and the accusations against it of atheism (a reaction against its exclusive monotheism) and of ‘hatred of mankind’ (non-adherence to the common values [civil, familial or political]) reveal that public opinion played a crucial role preceding the measures taken against Christians, and that the anti-Christian hostility was a reactionary movement against a group that threatened the basic structures of the City.

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Xavier Levieils, Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France.

Reviews

"This work is extremely thourough, written in clear French, and will save anyone working on pagan-Christian-Jewish relations hours of hunting for references."
Claudia Setzer in: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71/2009

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Préface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapitre 1: La perception de la relation judaïsme-christianisme
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1.5 La portée intellectuelle de la perception Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapitre 2: Le christianisme superstition
2.1 L’aspect psychologique de la superstition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
2.2 Superstition et religion étrangère Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
2.3 Religion, philosophie et superstition populaire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
2.4 Le contenu de la superstition chrétienne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
Chapitre 3: Athéisme et impiété
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3.2 Athéisme pratique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
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Chapitre 4: La haine du genre humain
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4.3 La division des familles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
4.4 La conjuration chrétienne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	464
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(Deutsch)

Language: French
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 548
Keywords: Early Christianity; New Testament; persecution

eBook

Published: February 14, 2012
ISBN: 9783110934892

Hardcover

Published: October 23, 2007
ISBN: 9783110195545