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A proposito di una citazione agostiniana in Paolo VI e dell’utilizzo dei Padri della Chiesa nella teologia e nel magistero cattolico

Abstract

«Also the Gentiles have their prophets». This affirmation, falsely attributed to St Augustine, even though contained in one of his works, has been erroneously quoted by L. Capéran, H. De Lubac and in the first redaction of an Audience of Paul VI. This article reconstructs the transmission of the patristic citation in theological quarters and its exact meaning in relation to Augustine’s thought. This case study allows for some methodological evaluations of a philological, patristic and theological nature on the use of the Church Fathers in theology.