The Absence of Sin in Sexual Dreams in the Writings of Augustine and Cassian
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Simon Lienyueh Wei
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Despite being an embarrassing and rarely-addressed issue in the early Church, sexual dreams were ardently discoursed by Augustine and Cassian. In their discussions, not only sexual dreams became an indicator of the dreamer's moral disposition but a moral hierarchy of dreamers was created for the first time in Christianity. Moreover, while many early and modern Christians consider dreaming of concupiscent images or having a nocturnal emission as sinful, surprisingly these two church fathers doctrinally justified oneiric sexual sinners as innocent. Their doctrine of sin converted the dominion of dreams into the only place where people were inculpable for their 'sinful deeds'. This article examines their conception of sexual dreams and their articulation of the doctrine of sin by them. Despite being an embarrassing and rarely-addressed issue in the early Church, sexual dreams were ardently discoursed by Augustine and Cassian. In their discussions, not only sexual dreams became an indicator of the dreamer's moral disposition but a moral hierarchy of dreamers was created for the first time in Christianity. Moreover, while many early and modern Christians consider dreaming of concupiscent images or having a nocturnal emission as sinful, surprisingly these two church fathers doctrinally justified oneiric sexual sinners as innocent. Their doctrine of sin converted the dominion of dreams into the only place where people were inculpable for their 'sinful deeds'. This article examines their conception of sexual dreams and their articulation of the doctrine of sin by them.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2012
توصيف ظاهري
362-378
عنوان
Vigiliae Christianae
شماره جلد
66/4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1570-0720
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Augustine
اصطلاح موضوعی
Cassian
اصطلاح موضوعی
morality
اصطلاح موضوعی
nocturnal emission
اصطلاح موضوعی
sexual dreams
اصطلاح موضوعی
sin
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