De Corona Militis
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De Corona Militis is an early Christian treatise by Tertullian that argues against Christians participating in pagan military rituals and wearing the laurel crown.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De Corona Militis canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian treatise
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Latin prose work ⓘ theological work ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
around 211 CE
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early 3rd century ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Tertullian ⓘ |
| audience |
Christians serving in the Roman army
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North African Christian communities ⓘ |
| author | Tertullian ⓘ |
| cites |
Christian tradition
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Scripture ⓘ |
| genre |
apologetic work
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polemical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Christian church under the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian pacifist traditions
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later Christian discussions on military service ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
Christian identity
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baptismal discipline ⓘ confession of faith ⓘ obedience to Christ over the state ⓘ separation from the world ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Christian nonconformity to pagan customs
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Christian participation in military service ⓘ Christian witness ⓘ baptismal vows ⓘ idolatry ⓘ laurel crown ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ pagan military rituals ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Carthage ⓘ |
| positionOnIdolatry | equates pagan military ceremonies with idolatry ⓘ |
| positionOnLaurelCrown | forbids Christians to wear the laurel crown ⓘ |
| positionOnPaganRituals | opposes Christian participation in pagan military rituals ⓘ |
| positionOnScripture | argues that not all Christian practices are explicitly in Scripture ⓘ |
| positionOnTradition | affirms authority of unwritten Christian tradition ⓘ |
| preservedIn | patristic Latin manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Apologeticus
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surface form:
Apologeticum
De Idololatria ⓘ Idols of the Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
De Spectaculis
|
| religiousPerspective | Montanist-influenced Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| theologicalDiscipline |
Christian ethics
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moral theology ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
conflict between Christian faith and Roman civic religion
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limits of obedience to secular authority ⓘ nature of Christian martyrdom ⓘ |
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