Publication: La teología política de Eusebio de Cesarea: un acercamiento desde el paradigma schmittiano.
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Veiga Maseda, Victoria Andrea
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Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones.
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https://doi.org/10.6018/ayc.698371
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La teología política de Eusebio de Cesarea, primera del cristianismo, ha merecido un lugar preponderante entre los estudios sobre el pensamiento político de la Tardoantigüedad. Sin embargo, a pesar de que la posición de Eusebio como paradigma de teólogo político nace del debate historiográfico entre Erik Peterson y Carl Schmitt, ni siquiera el propio Schmitt retomó la obra eusebiana para contemplarla desde los parámetros de la teología política que él había concebido. A partir del análisis de las obras capitales en que la formula, el De Laudibus Constantini y la Vita Constantini, sostenemos que la teorización de Eusebio demuestra coincidencias con el planteamiento de teología política que inaugura Carl Schmitt, para lo que atendemos a su concepción del dogma trinitario, así como de la doctrina mimética y de la escatología. De acuerdo con este desarrollo, defendemos que la arquitectura teológico-política que construye Eusebio no se asienta sobre una maquinación interesada de móvil y finalidad políticos, sino en una explicación de la realidad de su tiempo desde su convencimiento teológico.
Abstract: Eusebius of Caesarea’s political theology—the earliest within the Christian tradition—has secured a prominent position in scholarship on Late Antique political thought. Nevertheless, although Eusebius’s position as the paradigmatic political theologian arises from the historiographical debate between Erik Peterson and Carl Schmitt, not even Schmitt himself returned to Eusebius’s oeuvre in order to interpret it through the parameters of political theology as he had conceived it. Drawing on an analysis of the principal works in which Eusebius articulates his position, the De Laudibus Constantini and the Vita Constantini, we argue that his theorization exhibits affinities with the notion of political theology inaugurated by Schmitt. In making this case, we focus on Eusebius’s understanding of Trinitarian doctrine, as well as his treatment of mimesis and eschatology. In light of this analysis, we maintain that the theological–political framework Eusebius constructs is not the product of a self-serving political agenda, but rather an interpretation of the realities of his age informed by his theological convictions.
Abstract: Eusebius of Caesarea’s political theology—the earliest within the Christian tradition—has secured a prominent position in scholarship on Late Antique political thought. Nevertheless, although Eusebius’s position as the paradigmatic political theologian arises from the historiographical debate between Erik Peterson and Carl Schmitt, not even Schmitt himself returned to Eusebius’s oeuvre in order to interpret it through the parameters of political theology as he had conceived it. Drawing on an analysis of the principal works in which Eusebius articulates his position, the De Laudibus Constantini and the Vita Constantini, we argue that his theorization exhibits affinities with the notion of political theology inaugurated by Schmitt. In making this case, we focus on Eusebius’s understanding of Trinitarian doctrine, as well as his treatment of mimesis and eschatology. In light of this analysis, we maintain that the theological–political framework Eusebius constructs is not the product of a self-serving political agenda, but rather an interpretation of the realities of his age informed by his theological convictions.
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Veiga Maseda, V. A. (2026). La teología política de Eusebio de Cesarea: un acercamiento desde el paradigma schmittiano. Antigüedad Y Cristianismo, (43), 53–78. https://doi.org/10.6018/ayc.698371
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