medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
>Monica (d. 387) ...At least to judge from Augustine's Confessions,
Monica made it the goal of her life to make him a Christian, especially
trying
to win him away from Manichaeism.
seems like he would have had to have been a "Christian" before he was
"won away from" Manichaeism.
Questio: was A. an "orthodox" Christian after his winning away from
Manichaeism, or was he a "Catholic"?
Manichaeism was not a Christian heresy. It was a form of Zoroastrianism
reformed by the prophet Mani in (I think) the second century AD.
Considering Augustine's later zeal in combatting other forms of
Christianity, I think it would be correct to label him a Catholic--a label
already in use.
JO Ann
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