Augustine's Cyprian: Authority in Roman North Africa. The Appeal to Cyprian in the Donatist and Pelagian Controversies. A Study of the Legitimacy of the Use of Authority in Two Controversies in the Life of Augustine. KU Leuven
Metaquestion: Central in this research proposal is the reception of Cyprian in Augustine and the Donatists in the Donatist Controversy and in Augustine and in a lesser degree by the Pelagians in the Pelagian Controversy. All parties in both controversies refer positively to Cyprian and consider him as a iudex, vested with auctoritas to be consulted in doctrinal matters. The basic question of this research is: if/where/how is the Cyprian profile ...