Iglesia y poder: el mito de Constantino y el papado romano
The historical figure of Constantine became a hagiographic myth by Christian apologists (Lactantius, Eusebius of Caesarea, and others) and in the emperor's life and especially after his death. But the myth experienced different journeys in both Parties Imperii: in the West, with the disappearan...
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Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/AcHAM/article/view/2702 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=medieval&d=2702_oai |
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| Sumario: | The historical figure of Constantine became a hagiographic myth by Christian apologists (Lactantius, Eusebius of Caesarea, and others) and in the emperor's life and especially after his death. But the myth experienced different journeys in both Parties Imperii: in the West, with the disappearance of Arianism and aspirations to the primacy of the bishops of Rome, he proceeded to rework important aspects of the life of the emperor to support the aspirations of the emerging papacy. It was thus emerged first in the V century, the legend of the Actus Silvestri he attributed to the bishop of Rome Sylvester (314-335) a prominence it never had: the conversion and baptism of Constantine and the attribution to the Bishop of Rome primacy over other bishops. Another legend later, the Donatio Constantini, attributed the granting of a temporary power over all Italy. These legends were used by medieval popes to substantiate the figure of the popeemperor against the aspirations of the Holy Roman Emperor. The demonstration by the Humanists of the Renaissance of the falsity of these works did not alter the aspirations of the papacy, while the Protestant Reformers uses it to attack the figure of the pope and rework a new mythic image of Constantine in line with their interests. But the Roman Church has survived the criticism of the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the modern revolutions Pope still maintains some manifestations of power and ceremony that he inherited from the Roman emperors. |
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