Arnobius

Arnobius ( the Elder, also Arnobius Afer, † 330 ) was around the year 300 rhetorician in Veneria Sicca in Numidia. First Arnobius had been a zealous opponent of Christianity, but was converted by a vision of the Christian faith. Then he, the bishop did not believe the sudden change of heart and did not want to include in the Christian community, Arnobius wrote shortly after the persecution of Christians under Diocletian his surviving apology Disputationes adversus gentes, also known as Adversus nationes to prove his faith. A detailed description of his Höhlengleichnissses, as well as its impact and the definition to that of Plato or Aristotle in Hans Blumenberg's " cave outputs" zufinden.

The semi-Pelagian church writer Arnobius the Younger, bishop in Gaul around 450, should not be confused with it.

Works

  • Arnobii: Blasii Amata, ed (ed.): Adversus Nationes Libri VII, Latin, The Latin Library, 2002.
  • Arnobius: Francis de Besnard (ed.): In African 's seven books Arnobius Against the Pagans, German, Vogel'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1842.
  • Arnobius: Seven Books Against the Heathens, Trans Christian Classics Ethereal Library, English, Intra text Digital Library, 2003.
  • Opera Omnia Omnia Catholica on Documentation, source texts (Latin, English)
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