In a message dated 02/21/2000 12:34:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Does anyone else on the list see The Consolations of Philosophy
as a successful attempt on the part of Boethius to assure his readers he
has kept the faith but to word it in such a way that his immediate
readership will not be at risk from the reprisals of a maniacal Arian
emperor? >>
Theodoric had no problem with Catholics expressing their faith. He may have
been a bit senile and paranoid when he imprisoned and exectued B and his
father-in-law Symmachus, but the point of contention was politics.
Furthermore, I don't see anything in the _Consolation_ that B thought
otherwise, however unjust.
mark
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