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Poems, Volume 2

Volume 2

by Prudentius

  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm

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The poems of Aurelius Prudentius appear in two volumes of the present series, i.e., Volume 43 and this volume, 52. It cannot be said that poetry, in a literary sense, truly prospered in Christian surroundings. However, the greatest of the Latin Christian poets was the present author, who was born in any one of the three cities: Tarragona, Saragossa, and Calahorra. Modern scholarship favors Calahorra. Any estimate of Prudentius must include a recognition of certain defects in his works, notably the length and prolixity of his hymns, the crude realism in his descriptions of the torments of the martyrs, the long declamatory speeches, the unreality of his allegory, and his excessive use of alliteration and assonance. Though his writings as a whole cannot be ranked among those of the great poetry in many instances. Prudentius has a technical skill surpassing that of the other Christian Latin poets. He is the creator of the Christian ode and the Christian allegory. He has something of the epic power of Virgil and the lyric beauty and variety of Horace. Prudentius has still greater claims to greatness, however, in the Christian thought and inspiration of his poetry. A recent critic has declared with truth that Prudentius is 'first a Catholic and only in the second place a poet.' His faith is that of the Nicene Creed. In his poetry, Prudentius celebrates the triumph of Christianity over paganism. He saw the Church emerging from its three-hundred-year struggle against the forces if idolatry and heresy, triumphant through its saving doctrine and the blood of its martyrs. He saw the magnificent basilicas, both in Spain and in Rome, rising in the place of the pagan temples. As an historian of Christian thought and culture at the end of the fourth century, Prudentius cannot be overestimated.
Poems, Volume 2 and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityPoems, Volume 2

  • Author

    Prudentius

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    The Catholic University of America Press

  • Published

    March 2011

  • Weight

    305g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780813218724

  • ISBN-10

    0813218721

  • Eden Code

    4511439

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