Original scientific paper

Illyricum in reflection of Christian literature

Vicko Kapitanović ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split

Abstract

Christianity as a faith is founded on the historical person of Jesus Christ, who continues his work in the mystical body of Church. For this reason, Tradition together with the Holy Scripture are unavoidable for understanding of faith. The history of human race is understood as the history of salvation. The space, inhabited by the Croats today, was, before their historical appearances, a part of a wider important political and religious Christian writers. The author of this paper briefly describes the events at that area important for understanding the texts of Christian writers. The, on the basis of the Church writers records, he considers the role of Church people from Illyricum in defining the Christian faith. Further on, he refers to some written records of Catholic theologians from Illyricum. In the second part, a wide section from the work of Christian writers has been presented in which the events related to that area are mentioned.

Keywords

ecclesiastical writers; Christian beliefs; Christian martyrs; a Roman Illyria; early Christian writings

Hrčak ID:

168496

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/168496

Publication date:

1.6.2003.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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