Naslov
The end of Ancient Egyptian religion: The prohibition of paganism in Egypt from the middle of the 4th to the middle of the 6th century A.D.

Autori
Tomorad, Mladen

Izvornik
The Journal of Egyptological Studies (1312-4307) IV (2015); 147-164

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Ključne riječi
paganism; Egypt; Alexandria; prohibition; emperial edicts; Codex Theodosianus; Theodosius I; religious turmoil; Serapeum in Alexandria; Hypatia; Justinian I; Kom Ombo

Sažetak
Article discussed the end of Ancient Egyptian religion, and the prohibition of pagan beliefs in Egypt from the beginning of the 4th century to the midle of the 6th century A.D. according to the relevant historical sources. The impact of emperors on religious matters in Roman and later Byzantine Empire is enormous, and the consequences of their edicts can be easily observed in the case of Egypt. Since the middle of the 4th century A.D. the Roman Empirors started to proscribed edicts which gradually until the late 4th century A.D. completely prohibited any aspects of the pagan beliefs in the Roman Empire. After the Theodosius I edicts from February 24 and June 16 A.D. 391 traditional Ancient Egyptian cults and beliefs were completely prohibited. Soon after riots had been instigated by the Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria, and soon the Christians destroyed the pagan temples (Mithraeum, Serapeum, Iseum) and the scientific centers (the Serapeum library and the parts of the Museum with the Royal library) in Alexandria during their destructive spree in A.D. 391. Intolerance toward paganism was continued during the 5th and the first half of the 6th century. In A.D. 415/416, the extremists stoned the Neoplatonist scientist Hypatia in the St. Michael's church, and in A.D. 529 Emperor Justinian I prohibited the last remains of pagan sciences in the East Roman Empire. Soon after remaining pagans and pagan scientists had been imprisoned and exiled. The last remains of the Ancient Egyptian religion were gradually extinguished after the temple in Kom Ombo had been officially closed in A.D. 552.

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Engleski

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