Mṣalyanuṯā 6. Notes on the dossier of 'Messalian heresy': the riddle of Lampetius
| Autor: | Alexey Muravyev |
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| Jazyk: | ruština |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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photius
late antiquity byzantine literature syriac literature messalianism philoxenus of mabbug adelphius ps.-macarius фотий библиотека фотия поздняя античность византийская литература сирийская литература мессалианство филоксен маббугский адельфий «макарьевский корпус» Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Literature (General) PN1-6790 |
| Zdroj: | Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ III. Filologiâ, Vol 62, Iss 62, Pp 31-57 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1991-6485 2409-4897 |
| DOI: | 10.15382/sturIII202062.31-57 |
| Popis: | The “Library” of Patriarch Photius, Codex 52, contains evidence of the Acts of the Council of Side, which is often regarded as one of the main elements of the “anti-Messalian dossier” in the Byzantine church tradition. Whether this Council really took place and in what form is not known. However, the available data show a great deal of confusion and a possible falsifi cation of its entire story. The main characters Lampetius, Sabba, Dadoes, etc., look quite problematic, especially in the light of the recent research conducted by K. Fitschen, A. Guilliaumont, C. Stewart and others. In the Syriac documents, quite a diff erent situation exists. From the comparison of the names with Philoxenus’ Ad Patricium can be seen that the chief heretic, “Lampetius / Malpatius”, is a fictitious fi gure. The short version of the Letter mixes the two names. Behind Malpat(ius) hides Adelphius of Edessa, a disciple of St. Julian Sabba, one of the founding fathers of Syriac asceticism. The list of the bishops who took part in the Side synod contains an Armenian of a very strange origin. There are other inconsistencies in this text which pose a problem of Photius’s sources. The history of “Messalianism” in the light of this critical approach as well as recent research on the Late Antique heresiology appears as a great misunderstanding, caused by the confl ict of ascetic models. The Syriac model was based on the idea of disconnection (Àποταγή / msarrqūtā ) from the world, which three hundred years later was fully adopted in the Greek asceticism. But in the mid-4th c. it caused a major dispute and a condemnation of the followers of the “praying beggars” from Syria. The dossier of the “Messalian heresy” (connected with Ps.-Macarius writings condemned under the name of “Asceticon”) was further used against the new religious movements of the Middle Ages (Paulicianism, Bogomilism). Thus it has become a sobriquet of a luxurious heretic. Historical inconsistencies in the Middle-Age anti-heretic literature ceased to confuse readers, because the whole history of “Messalianism” turned into a myth. Photius certainly heard about the controversy but he had a rather vague idea about the confusion underlying its emergence and reproduced a xenophobic mythology in his story. |
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