Il mandato del Redentore e i doveri dei redenti

Alle origini di un paradigma di legittimazione delle relazioni economiche e politiche (II-V sec.)

Abstract

In this paper I present a wide range of patristic texts, which – through the theological discussion of the “divine economy” – investigate the concept of the fidelis christianus and its normative framework. The plan of God, carried out by the Son, involves two key figures: the individual figure of the Saviour and the collective figure of the redeemed. The theology of Salvation is framed by the logic of exchange and by certain obligations. The redeemed individual has to examine how their everyday life can meet the logic of Salvation, in order to implement it on earth. Patristic analysis not only outlines an economic ethics for the fideles: by defining its operational criteria and by discussing justice in economic action, it shapes the concepts and paradigms of political legitimisation which hold the community together. 

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