The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early Christianity

The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early Christianity

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Main Author: E. G. Weltin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2001-11-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/12291
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spelling doaj-987be634fdcb468ca2a85dd9d69153b42021-09-02T12:34:48ZengDuke UniversityGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies0017-39162159-31592001-11-0132/37410012381The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early ChristianityE. G. Weltin<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Patristic writings of the third and fourth centuries sometimes attribute a theurgic power to liturgy, whether invested in words or in actions, but modify it by calling God’s response voluntary.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/12291
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title The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early Christianity
title_short The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early Christianity
title_full The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early Christianity
title_fullStr The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early Christianity
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description <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Patristic writings of the third and fourth centuries sometimes attribute a theurgic power to liturgy, whether invested in words or in actions, but modify it by calling God’s response voluntary.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->
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