PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS - Università degli Studi di Messina

extent he demostrates a degree of authonomy in christological terminologies and has
partecipated in the Tomus of Pope Leo the Great directed to Flavian.
Rossana Barcellona, University of Catania, Italy
Ebrei e cristiani: così vicini così lontani
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Wed 16 th , 16.00, Classroom 6
We think we can usefully isolate the complicated question of the relationship between Jewry
and Christians inside the conciliar rules and limite our research to a small portion of space and
time (occidental late-antiquity) in order to point out some aspects of that relationship. If we
compare conciliar rules of Gaul and Spain (V-VI cent.), and these with the civil legislation of
the time, it’s possible to observe all the social problems connected to the coexistence of the two
religions. Precisely, we’re going to inquire how the theological gap between Jewish and
Christian religions is reflected in real life. Two levels of problem cross themselves in the set of
conciliar rules: the theological differences – very deep differences, according to ecclesiastical
hierarchy – seem not to be so strong in real life. Physical proximity of social experience seems
to struggle with theological-spiritual distance. If considered from this point of view, the
question of Jewry and Christians relationship focuses the inherent relational structures and the
necessity of ideological and social borders.
Wed 16 th , 11.20, Classroom 6