Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Speaker: Hisatsugu KUSABU (Professor, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences Philosophy and History Course, Osaka Metropolitan University)

Topic: Heretics and Dogmas: A Byzantine Genre That Refuted Heresy

Moderator: Ku-Ming (Kevin) Chang (Associate Research Fellow, IHP, Academia Sinica)

Time: Jan. 21st (Tuesday), 15:30-17:30

Venue: Room 701, 7th Floor, IHP Research Hall

Organizer: Research Center of Cultural and Intellectual History, IHP, Accademia Sinica

Co-Organizer: Research Center of World History, IHP, Accademia Sinica

Contact: Research Center of Cultural and Intellectual History, cihasihp@gmail.com

Abstract:

The Panoplia Dogmatike (Dogmatic armory or weaponry) was compiled by Euthymios Zigabenos of Constantinople in the 11th-12th Century. It was the first in a series of projects that, produced in Byzantium’s Comnenian dynasty, represented the genre of Byzantine literature that attacked heresy (especially Islam) of the time.The purpose of its compilation was not just to respond to contemporary debates on doctrinal orthodoxy, but also to bring together a collection of texts written by the Church Fathers of early Christianity for religious references. This paper elucidates the significance of the Panoplia literature that was made available to us by later edition and publications.

(This lecture will be given in English, and no prior registration is required.)