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Alexandria

(1,865 words)

Author(s): Weber, Gregor | Mélèze-Modrzejewski, Joseph | Ritter, Adolf M. | Petzolt, Martin
[German Version] I. Ptolemaic Period – II. Ancient Judaism – III. Early Church – IV. Patriarchate I. Ptolemaic Period Egypt. Rhakotis, Arab. Iskandariya, on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, established 332/31 bce by Alexander the Great west of the Canopic branch of the Nile between the sea and Lake Mareotis. Exact topography is uncertain because of later rebuilding, destruction, and changes in water level. Laid out on a rectangular grid by th…

Propaganda

(1,031 words)

Author(s): Weber, Gregor (Eichstätt)
[German version] Propaganda is first recorded as a fixed term in the context of the foundation of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide under Pope Gregory XV in 1622 for the propagation of the Christian faith. The Latin propagare, however, based on an agricultural context underlying various word formations from propag- 'propagate, breed', refers to a spatial and temporal spread, while it is generally persuasio/persuadere which seems to come closest to the modern term 'propaganda'. Its application to Antiquity is fairly problematic (on recent scholarship see [9.…

Propaganda

(994 words)

Author(s): Weber, Gregor (Eichstätt)
[English version] Als fester Terminus läßt sich P. erstmals im Zusammenhang mit der Gründung der Congregatio de Propaganda Fide unter Papst Gregor XV. im J. 1622 zur Verbreitung des christl. Glaubens belegen. Lat. propagare bezieht sich dagegen - ausgehend von einem landwirtschaftlichen Grundkontext verschiedener Wortbildungen mit propag- für “vermehren”, “fortpflanzen” - auf die räumliche und zeitliche Ausdehnung, während dem mod. Begriff P. generell persuasio/persuadere am nächsten zu kommen scheint. In seiner Anwendung auf die Ant. entbehrt er nicht der …