Les origines du christianisme chez les Gots

Mansion, J. E.

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“…Since in Sabbas's village we have priest Sansalas and 'other' Christians, and in the neighbouring settlement, to which Sabbas would go for Passover, lived Gutthikas the presbyter and probably some of the Christians he served, we have a large group of Gothic proselytes rather than some scattered instances of converts -at least in the area in question. 47 What else do we learn about Sabbas? "He sang in the church to the sounds of the harp and his entire heart was in it".…”

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Unknown apostles of the grassroots mission in Gothic Dacia in the light of The Passion of St. Sabbas the Goth

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2017

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It is commonly held that the Christianization of the Gothic environment in the second half of the 4th century is a result of a large-scale operation carried out by Ulfila and his disciples – universal Christianization recognized by Gothic authorities. However, in this study attention is drawn to the fact that earlier missionary activities, referred to here as ‘grassroots Christianization,’ had already been of great significance since the second half of the 3rd century. The bottom-up mission involved spreading the Gospel in the Gothic community in a rather spontaneous way, by slaves captured by Goths in the Empire, in successive generations of their descendants (the case of Ulfila), or even heresiarchs seeking refuge outside the Empire. The process was frequently elusive, due to the lack of clear records of those activities in archaeological sources or writings, with the notable exception of credible testimony in the form of “The Passion of St. Sabbas the Goth’, a document which became the basis for the analysis conducted by the author. The source suggests that Christianization was also a bottom-up phenomenon and had reached the ‘plebeian’ environment of Goths much earlier, bearing fruit in the form of an active Church community and preparing the Gothic world for late 4th century missionaries. Thus, it was not merely a spectacular act of the apostolic mission of bishop Ulfila or his successors, but also of such apostles as Sabbas the Goth, presbyter Gutthikas, Harpyla the monk or other apostles of the grassroots mission whose names today we are unable to mention.

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Die kleineren Denkmäler

Stutz¹

1966

Gotische Literaturdenkmäler

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The Date of the Conversion of the Visigoths

Thompson

1956

J. Eccles. Hist.

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When the Visigoths crossed the Danube in 376 and entered the Roman provinces, were they Christian or pagan? Were the two armies which clashed at Adrianople on 9 August 378 composed substantially of Christians, or were the victors still pagan? When Ulfila, the Apostle of the Goths, died c. 382, had he succeeded in converting his fellow countrymen to Christianity? It will be argued here that it would be inconsistent with such evidence as exists to suppose that the Visigoths were a Christian people at any of these dates

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Les origines du christianisme chez les Gots

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Unknown apostles of the grassroots mission in Gothic Dacia in the light of The Passion of St. Sabbas the Goth

Unknown apostles of the grassroots mission in Gothic Dacia in the light of The Passion of St. Sabbas the Goth

Die kleineren Denkmäler

The Date of the Conversion of the Visigoths

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