Arnobius the Younger

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Arnobius the Younger (Latin : Arnobius Junior) was a Christian priest or bishop in Gaul, [1] who wrote from Rome around the year 460. [2]

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He is the author of a mystical and allegorical commentary on the Psalms, first published by Erasmus in 1522, and by him attributed to the elder Arnobius. [1]

It has been frequently reprinted, and in the edition of De la Barre, 1580, is accompanied by some notes on the Gospels by the same author. [1] More recently, CCSL 25 has produced a critical edition of his commentary. [2]

To him has sometimes been ascribed the anonymous treatise, Arnobii catholici et Serapionis conflictus de Deo trino et uno ... de gratiae liberi arbitrii concordia, which was probably written by a follower of Augustine. [1] The opinions expressed in his commentary have been called semi-Pelagian, probably due to his opposition to Augustine's doctrine of predestination. [2] Rondeau infers an African origin for Arnobius due, in part, to his dependence on Ticonius. [2]

Cécile Lanéry has attributed to Arnobius the Younger the anonymous Passio sanctae Caeciliae. [3] Michael Lapidge accepts Lanéry's arguments in favor of the attribution as "powerful and incontrovertible." [4]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Wikisource-logo.svg  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arnobius". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 632.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, Old Testament volume VII, edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Harden
  3. Lanéry, Cécile (2009). "Nouvelles recherches d'hagiographie arnobienne: La Passion de Cécile (BHL 1595)". Parva pro magines munera: Études de littérature latine tardo-antique et médiévale offertes à François Dolbeau par ses élèves, ed. Monique Goullet: 533–59.
  4. Lapidge, Michael (2018). The Roman Martyrs: Introduction, Translations, and Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 143–44.