Quodvultdeus: a Bishop Forming Christians in Vandal Africa. A Contextual Analysis of the Pre-baptismal Sermons attributed to Quodvultdeus of Carthage
2019
Abstract
In Quodvultdeus: a Bishop Forming Christians in Vandal Africa, David Vopřada presents the pre-baptismal catecheses of the fth-century bishop of Carthage, delivered to the new believers in extremely dicult period of barbaric incursions. Quodvultdeus is generally not appraised as an original philosopher or theologian as his master Augustine was, in this book his qualities of a bishop who was entrusted with the care of his ock come forward.
Making interdisciplinary use of the ancient and ecclesiastical history, philosophy, theology, archaeology, exegesis, liturgy science, homiletics, and rhetorics, the book ofers a new and most innovative contribution to the life, work, and theology of Quodvultdeus.