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Document Details : Title: Isaïe de Scété Subtitle: Ascétisme, réseaux monastiques et controverses antichalcédoniennes au Ve siècle Author(s): LABADIE, Damien Journal: Le Muséon Volume: 138 Issue: 1-2 Date: 2025 Pages: 35-76 DOI: 10.2143/MUS.138.1.3294398 Abstract : This paper is dedicated to one of the most cherished antichalcedonian monks of the fifth century: Abba Isaiah, also called Isaiah of Scetis (d. 491). While current research has mainly focused on Abba Isaiah’s authorship of the Asceticon, a compilation of 29 ascetical sermons, Abba Isaiah’s role in the christological controversies of the fifth century has remained mostly unexplored. The aim of this contribution is to suggest new perspectives on Isaiah’s life and involvement in the emergence of an antichalcedonian party in fifth-century Palestine, particularly in the light of Isaiah’s Syriac Vita by Zacharias Scholasticus (BHO 550), of which we offer a complete French translation in appendix. This thorough study tries to show that Isaiah, as a wandering ascetic, forged and widened a strong network of allies and opponents to Chalcedon (451) during his whole lifetime. First in Egypt, then in the Palestinian town of Eleutheropolis, and finally in Gaza, Isaiah gradually became a pillar of the antichalcedonian movement, playing a crucial role between Egyptian and Palestinian Christianities, but also – on account of his unchallenged authority and moderate stance – between the imperial court and the Gazan monks. |
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