Poison in the "Panarion": Beasts, Heretics, and Sexual Deviants

Epiphanius builds Christian identity in his Panarion by merging two distinct discourses of othering: poison and sexual slander. By combining a rhetoric of poison with a rhetoric of sexual slander, Epiphanius produced a new way of thinking about—and creating—theological difference. By linking his opp...

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主要作者: Whitley, Thomas J. (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Brill 2016
In: Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2016, 卷: 70, 發布: 3, Pages: 237-258
IxTheo Classification:FA Theology
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Epiphanius of Salamis Panarion poison heresiology sexual slander beasts gender identity formation
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總結:Epiphanius builds Christian identity in his Panarion by merging two distinct discourses of othering: poison and sexual slander. By combining a rhetoric of poison with a rhetoric of sexual slander, Epiphanius produced a new way of thinking about—and creating—theological difference. By linking his opponents to sexual deviance, identifying heresies as poisons which can invade the church, and likening heretics to beasts, Epiphanius delegitimated his opponents, characterized himself as the church’s chief medical officer, and presented one acceptable Christian identity.
ISSN:1570-0720
Contains:In: Vigiliae Christianae
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341256