عنوان

Preaching Adam in John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo

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LA129137

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Preaching Adam in John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Douglas E. Finn, Anthony Dupont, Douglas E. Finn, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Is Adam merely a bad moral example, or has his first sin left a lasting impact on the human condition? The current paper revisits the traditional juxtaposition between John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo as holding, respectively, a preference for humankind's autonomy and heteronomy. The way both perceived Adam as an example serves, in this paper, as a concrete case study. First, we investigate how both preachers understand the notion of exemplarity, and how they develop their own pedagogy based on examples. Next, we observe how both preachers apply these pastoral didactics to the first man as a role model. The historical person of Adam, and the eschatological consequences of his fall, play a prominent role in their respective homiletic oeuvres. Chrysostom understands Adam's primordial sin as a bad example-an instructive example of behavior to be avoided and a therapeutic example that instils in us gratitude for God's mercy. Augustine, by contrast, is quite hesitant to consider Adam merely an example, since he prefers to stress the ontological solidarity that the whole of humanity shares with Adam. Is Adam merely a bad moral example, or has his first sin left a lasting impact on the human condition? The current paper revisits the traditional juxtaposition between John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo as holding, respectively, a preference for humankind's autonomy and heteronomy. The way both perceived Adam as an example serves, in this paper, as a concrete case study. First, we investigate how both preachers understand the notion of exemplarity, and how they develop their own pedagogy based on examples. Next, we observe how both preachers apply these pastoral didactics to the first man as a role model. The historical person of Adam, and the eschatological consequences of his fall, play a prominent role in their respective homiletic oeuvres. Chrysostom understands Adam's primordial sin as a bad example-an instructive example of behavior to be avoided and a therapeutic example that instils in us gratitude for God's mercy. Augustine, by contrast, is quite hesitant to consider Adam merely an example, since he prefers to stress the ontological solidarity that the whole of humanity shares with Adam.

Date of Publication

2019

Physical description

190-217

Title

Vigiliae Christianae

Volume Number

73/2

International Standard Serial Number

1570-0720

Subject Term

Adam

Subject Term

Augustine of Hippo

Subject Term

exemplarity

Subject Term

John Chrysostom

Subject Term

sermons

Anthony Dupont

Douglas E. Finn

Call Number

10.1163/15700720-12341397

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p

[Article]

275578

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