POWER AND STATE IN SAINT AUGUSTINE

Authors

  • Antônio Celso Alves Pereira Univ. Veiga de Almeida.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/rfd.2023.79814

Keywords:

Santo Agostinho; Estado; poder hierocrático; Conflito Igreja versus Império; agostinismo político., Saint Augustine; State; hierocratic power; Church versus Empire conflict; political augustinianism.

Abstract

Abstract: The present text intends to analyze, in a concise way, the political theology of Saint Augustine, that is, the view of the Bishop of Hippo about the origins and purposes of political power and the State in the context of the Christian Roman Empire, exposed in his work The City of God (De Civitate Dei). In the same direction, it discusses the distortion of augustinian thought by medieval political theologians who defended the political supremacy of spiritual power over temporal power, a thesis that Henri Xavier Arquillière, in a classic study on the subject, called “political augustinianism”.

Keywords: Saint Augustine; State; hierocratic power; Church versus Empire conflict; political augustinianism.

Author Biography

Antônio Celso Alves Pereira, Univ. Veiga de Almeida.

Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Universidade Veiga de Almeida. Sócio Titular do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro. Reitor da UERJ - 1996-1999

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Published

2023-10-27

How to Cite

Pereira, A. C. A. (2023). POWER AND STATE IN SAINT AUGUSTINE. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito Da UERJ, (42). https://doi.org/10.12957/rfd.2023.79814

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No. 42 (2023): Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UERJ - RFD

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