The enormous correspondence of Nilus of Ankyra (PG 79, coll. 82-582) contains eight letters addressed to the magister militum and Gothic leader Gainas. The Greek monk attacks Gainas’ Arianism from a Nicaean point of view and tries to convert him. Noneless these letters cannot be authentic: they are rather a later redactional product (constructed with quotations by Gregory of Nazianzus and John Chrysostom), whose aim was to increase Nilus’ authority providing him a famous and relevant addressee.
Il carteggio di Nilo di Ancira con il generale Gainas è un falso
BOSSINA, LUCIANO
2012
Abstract
The enormous correspondence of Nilus of Ankyra (PG 79, coll. 82-582) contains eight letters addressed to the magister militum and Gothic leader Gainas. The Greek monk attacks Gainas’ Arianism from a Nicaean point of view and tries to convert him. Noneless these letters cannot be authentic: they are rather a later redactional product (constructed with quotations by Gregory of Nazianzus and John Chrysostom), whose aim was to increase Nilus’ authority providing him a famous and relevant addressee.
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