Sina'lı Anastasius (ö.701).
Sina'lı Anastasius'un (ö.701) Yahudiler ve Papiscus ve Philo'nun
anonim Diyaloğu. Sina'lı Anastasius'un hayatı hakkında az bilinenler, kendi
eserlerinden derlenmiştir. Yunan’lı yazar ve Sina Dağı'ndaki Aziz Catherine
Manastırı'nın başrahibiydi.
Kitap
Anastasius'un adı altında aktarılan başlıca eserler arasında “Viae
Dux (Doğru Yol Boyunca Kılavuz), Quaestiones et Responsiones (Sorular ve
Yanıtlar), Hexaemeron (altı gün), Homilia i, ii, iii de creatione hominis
(İnsanın yaratılışı üzerine Vaazlar), ve the Narrationes (Anlatılar)”.
İslam'ın, ağırlıklı olarak Hristiyan olan Sina ve Mısır'a yayılmasının ve
Müslüman egemenliğinin Hristiyan yaşamı ve inançları üzerindeki etkisinin bir
görgü tanığı olması nedeniyle özellikle önemli kişidir.
https://archive.org/details/anastasiisinaita0008anas
Thomas J Shahan, “St. Anastasius Sinaita” Catholic Encyclopedia.
New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1907; Günter Weiss, Studien zum Leben, zu
den Schriften und zur Theologie des Patriarchen Anastasius I. von Antiochien
(559 - 598). Munich: Institut für Byzantinistik, 1965; Karl-Heinz Uthemann,
ed. Anastasii Sinaïtae: Viae dux. CCSG 8. Turnhout: Brepols, 1981;
Karl-Heinz Uthemann, ed. Anastasii
Sinaïtae: Sermones duo in constitutionem hominis secundum imaginem Dei necnon
opuscula adversus monotheletas. CCSG 12. Turnhout: Brepols, 1985; John Haldon, “The
Works of Anastasius of Sinai: A Key Source for the History of Seventh-Century
East Mediterranean Society and Belief.” In The Byzantine and Early Islamic
Near East, Volume I: Problems in the Literary Source Material, edited by A.
Cameron and L. Conrad. Princeton: Darwin Press, 1992. pp. 107–147; Marcel
Richard and Joseph Munitiz, eds. Anastasii Sinaïtae: Quaestiones et
responsiones. CCSG 59. Turnhout: Brepols, 2006; Karl-Heinz Uthemann, "Anastasius
the Sinaite." In Patrology. The Eastern Fathers from the Council of
Chalcedon (451) to John of Damascus (†750), edited by Angelo Di Berardino
et al. Cambridge: James Clark, 2006. pp. 313–331; Clement A Kuehn,, and John D.
Baggarly. Anastasius of Sinai. Hexaemeron. (Orientalia Christiana Analecta
278). Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2007; Clement A Kuehn, Review of
Patrology: The Eastern Fathers from the Council of Chalcedon (451) to John of
Damascus (†750), ed. by Angelo Di Berardino et al. In Byzantinische
Zeitschrift 101/2 (2008): n.p;
Yahudi Karşıtı
Polemikçiler (yaklaşık 640-697)
Patrologiae
Graeca
https://archive.org/details/PatrologiaGraeca/Patrologia%20Graeca%20Vol.%20089/page/n629/mode/2up
Dialogue Between Papiscus And Philo Mc Giffert 1889
https://archive.org/details/DialogueBetweenPapiscusAndPhiloMcGiffert1889/page/67/mode/2up
Anti-Jewish Polemicists of the Seventh
Century
“Do not say that we Christians are today afflicted and enslaved.
This is the greatest thing, that though persecuted and fought by so many, our
faith stands and does not cease, nor is our empire abolished, nor are our
churches closed. But amid the peoples who dominate and persecute us, we have
churches, we erect crosses, found churches and engage in sacrifices.
(Anastasius of Sinai, Dialogue against the Jews, Patrologiae Graeca 89,
1221C-D; Dialogue of Papiscus and Philo IX, 60-61; Seeing Islam as Others Saw
It s. 81)”
“No emperor of the Christians has ever been given up to death by
the barbarians, even though so many nations have fought the empire. Not only
the emperor himself, but they also were unable to eliminate his picture with
the cross from the gold currency (nomisma), even though some tyrants attempted
it. Do not consider this a trivial and insignificant thing {that our embattled
faith has not ceased and is still standing and not blotted out}, for if God had
not chosen and loved ours above all the other faiths, He would not have kept it
intact among the wolf-like nations. Besides, God would not permit a false faith
to prevail over all the extremities of the earth. (Anastasius of Sinai,
Dialogue against the Jews, Patrologiae Graeca 89, 1224A-B; also found in
Questions to Antiochus Dux no. 42, Patrologiae Graeca 28, 624C-D, Seeing Islam
as Others Saw It s. 84)”
“How was no one able to abolish or take from us the seal of gold?
How many kings of the gentiles, Persians and Arabs attempted this and were in
no way able? Thus God wished to show that, even if the Christians are
persecuted, we reign over all. For the gold sign of our empire is a sign of
Christ himself. Tell me, if it is not a sign that the faith and the empire of
the Christians is eternal, invincible and indelible, how is it that all you who
hate and blaspheme the cross of Christ have fallen away? How are you unable to
remove the cross of gold, but even readily receive it?” (Anastasius of Sinai,
Dialogue against the Jews, Patrologiae Graeca 89, 1224C-D = Dialogue of
Papiscus and Philo X, 61-62; Seeing
Islam as Others Saw It s. 84)
“When Heraklios
died, Martin was exiled by Heraklios' grandson, and instantly the desert
dweller, Amalek, rose up to strike us, Christ's people.” (Patrologia Graeca
89.1156C)
“Because, prior to any discussion at all, we must condemn however
many false notions about us the opponent entertains, as when we set out to
converse with Arabs we have first to condemn anyone who says, "Two
gods," or anyone who says, "God has carnally begotten a son," or
anyone who makes prostration as to God, to any creature whatever, in heaven or on
earth. Likewise, in regard to the rest of the heresies, it is necessary first
to condemn however many false opinions about the faith they have. For, giving
heed to these things, they accept the rest more eagerly.” (Uthemann, Viae Dux,
p.9)
“Severos has been a good
pupil to the masters of the Jews, the Greeks, and the Arabs; in part accepting
the holy scriptures, and in part rejecting them, just as the students of the
Manichees also do” (Uthemann, Viae Dux, p. 113)
“Whenever they hear "natures," they think they are
shameful and outrageous things, the members which essentially go with the
bodies of men and women. Thanks to this, they flee from such an expression, as
if they were pupils of the Saracens. For these people, hearing the birth of
God, or the generation of God, immediately thinking of marriage, blasphemously
speak of insemination and carnal union.” (Uthemann, Viae Dux, pp. 169-70).
“Some want to say that Satan fell on account of not bowing down to
the man (i.e., to Adam)." Anastasios answers, "Such as these are the
myths of the Greeks and the Arabs,” (Patrologia Graeca 89.776B,C).
“Believe me when I say that even if the race of the Saracens were
to depart from us today, straightaway tomorrow the Blues and Greens would rise
up again, and the East, Arabia, Palestine and many other lands would bring
slaughter upon themselves.” (Patrologia Graeca 89, 476B-477A, no. 16).
“When Heraclius died, Martin was exiled by Heraclius' grandson and
immediately the desert dweller Amalek rose up to strike us, Christ's people.
That was the first terrible and fatal defeat of the Roman army. I am speaking
of the bloodshed at Gabitha, Yarmuk and Dathemon, after which occurred the
capture and burning of the cities of Palestine, even Caesarea and Jerusalem.
Then there was the destruction of Egypt, followed by the enslavement and fatal
devastations of the Mediterranean lands and islands and of all the Roman
empire. But the rulers and masters of the Romans did not manage to perceive
these things. Rather they summoned the most eminent men in the Roman church,
and had their tongues and hands excised. And what then? The retribution upon us
from God for these things was the almost complete loss of the Roman army and
navy at Phoenix, and the progressive desolation of all the Christian people and
places. This did not stop until the persecutor of Martin perished by the sword
in Sicily. But the son of this man, the pious Constantine, united the holy
church by means of an ecumenical council. ...This blessed Council. .. has for twenty
years halted the decimation of our people, turned the sword of our enemies
against one an other, given respite to the lands, calmed the seas, checked the
enslavement, and brought relaxation, consolation and peace in great measure.”
(Patrologia Graeca 89, 1156C)
“Note well that the demons name the Saracens as their companions.
And it is with reason. The latter are perhaps even worse than the demons.
Indeed, the demons are frequently much afraid of the mysteries of Christ, I
mean his holy body... , the cross, the saints, the relics, the holy oils and
many other things. But these demons of flesh trample all that is under their
feet, mock it, set fire to it, destroy it..” (Anastasius of Sinai, Narrat, C1)
“See their sacrifice! It did not go up towards God, but down. As
for their old woman, it is their erroneous faith." The message of these
tales is clear: Christianity is the only true faith and it is dangerous to
abuse it, as the Jewish foreman of the Christian labourers found out to his
cost, and as also did 22 Saracens who all died when one of them shot an arrow
at an icon of S. Theodore in the saint's own sanctuary near Damascus. ”
(Anastasius of Sinai, Narrat., C7).
“So, dear friend, when you see that some unworthy and wicked person
is either emperor or governor or bishop, do not be surprised, but learn and
believe with complete certainty that it is because of our crimes that we are
handed over to such tyrants, and not even then do we desist from evil things,
but although we are in the middle of such hardships, we continueto practise
wicked deeds. Believe me when I tell you that if the race of the Saracens were
to depart from us today, at once tomorrow the Green and Blue factionsc would
rise up once more and begin killing one another, and <the same with> the
Eastern Administrative Area [ἡ Ἀνατολή], Arabia, Palestine andmany other
countries.” (Anastasios of Sinai, Questions and Answers, Corpvs Chistianorvm Series
Graeca 59, Joseph A. Munitiz, 2011).
