Hıristiyanlığın İlk Dönemindeki 'Yasa' Probleminin 4. Yüzyıldaki Yansımalarından Biri Olarak Jerome ve Augustinus Tartışması/The Debate between Jerome and Augustine as One of the Fourth Century Reflections of the 'Law' Problem in the Early Christianity

Abstract

The first of the problems that arose among the early Christian believers in Jesus centered around the relationship of the Mosaic Law to gentile believers. The main problem was whether the Jewish Law was binding on the gentile peoples after their acceptance of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, especially in the Acts of the Apostles and Paul's letters, we can see that the debate over the Law was not resolved in the early period, as we can see in the writings of later church fathers. This article will focus on how the Law is interpreted through the correspondence between Jerome and Augustine, two famous church fathers who lived in the fourth century, and an incident between Peter and Paul in Paul's Letter to the Galatians. This correspondence between these two church fathers will be discussed through their explanations of the binding force of the Jewish Law on the gentile people. While Jerome will argue that the alleged scene between Paul and Peter in the Epistle to the Galatians is a fiction that was organized within a plan, Augustine will argue that Jerome's interpretation would mean that an event that does not exist in reality is recorded in the New Testament, which would undermine the authority of the sacred texts.

Keywords

• mosaic law
• peter
• paul
• jerome
• augustine
• history of religions