Migecianos, casianistas y la definición de una herejía (fin del siglo VIII – principio del IX)

Abstract

Migetians and Casianists are studied as a group with ascetic religious proposals which was fought by Toledo and the Hispanic Church since ca 780. Doing so the Church showed its capacity to maintain its old ecclesiastical function of monitoring religious deviations. Migetians and Casianists were defined as heretics while the old Church reinforced its condition of orthodoxy and made evident its authority. The accusations launched against Migetians and Casianists allow us to know more about what was at the centre of the controversy. Despite Elipandus’ diatribe, disputes on the persons or the trinity do not seem to have had a fundamental role. The controversy focused in the coexistence with non-Christian populations and above all on authority.