In the article, the author will primarily pursue the goal of tracing, contextualizing, and examining the historical reliability of the sources referring to the presence of the Provincia Sardinia at the Council of Serdica in 343 A.D. Through the examination of the theories proposed by scholars regarding the identity of the Sardinian bishop participating at the council, the author will examine the viewpoint according to which he was Lucifer of Cagliari: a second reading of the documents of the Council reveals certain influences in Lucifer’s works related to the doctrines and the decisions established in the context of the Council, while acknowledging the shared commitment to the Nicene Creed.
The aim of this article is to present a discussion on the authorship of the 6th-century Sermo de s. Vicentio, which has traditionally been attributed to Justus of Urgell and more recently to Justinian of Valencia. A comparative analysis of the terminology used in both the Sermo and Justus’ Explanatio in Cantica Canticorum suggests that both works were written by the same author in response to Priscillianism and Arianism, the two heresies present in Spain at the time.
The article emphasises that the debate surrounding the figure of Christ within the controversy between Augustine and the Manicheans is more relevant than is usually considered. In this case, we will limit ourselves to the Augustinian writing known as Contra Faustum Manichaeum. We will try to demonstrate with the texts that not only the defence of the incarnation is one of the relevant themes of the reply to the Manichean bishop, but also that it is worth highlighting, among some of Augustine’s Christological arguments, the image of the Christus Sacerdos, which constitutes a contribution and a novelty within the anti-Manichaean controversy.
