Expositiones diversarum causarum

treatise by Tyconius

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Expositiones diversarum causarum was a treatise written by Tyconius around 375 CE. It means "Explanations of Diverse Causes".1

This work, along with others by Tyconius, focused on biblical interpretation, a practice known as exegesis. Tyconius's writings asserted the universality of the church and argued that it must contain both sinners and saints before the End Times. This view contrasted with the Donatists, his own schismatic church in North Africa, who believed the true church consisted only of the righteous.231

Tyconius's theological positions led to his censure by the Donatists. Despite this, his interpretations, particularly his antimillenarian views on biblical prophecy, influenced later theologians like St. Augustine.14

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370?; “On Civil War”) and Expositiones diversarum causarum (c. 375?; “Explanations of Diverse Causes”), asserted the universality of the church and the necessarily mixed moral status of its members: the church, Tyconius held, in the time before the End, must comprise both sinners and saints. These positions stood against the…
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370?; “On Civil War”) and Expositiones diversarum causarum (c. 375?; “Explanations of Diverse Causes”), asserted the universality of the church and the necessarily mixed moral status of its members: the church, Tyconius held, in the time before the End, must comprise both sinners and saints. These positions stood against the…
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