<i>Nemo militans Deo implicat se saecularia negotia:</i> Carolingian interpretations of II Timothy II.4
Gerda Heydemann
In II Timothy II.4, the apostle Paul forbids servant of God to involve himself in saecularia negotia . While traditionally understood as a reference commercial activities, for Carolingian thinkers verse became way reflect on political engagement prelates and relationship between religious secular duties carried out by ecclesiastical office‐holders. This article traces changing significance II.4 first half ninth century, councils exegetes grappled with question whether there was ‘neutral’ beyond prohibited Paul?
Early Medieval Europe|Refubium (Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin)