Authenticity and Dating of Letters between Seneca and Saint Paul
Abstract
The apocryphal letters between Seneca and Saint Paul continue to pose many questions. The hypothesis of nonauthenticity seems to be confirmed by the testimony of Saint Jerome and other Christian writers, who circulated the correspondence in the 4th century of the Christian era, by the Latin used in the letters, and by the «usus scribendi» of that time. From the apocryphal letters emerged the so called «Senecan Christianity» to which the Christian world opened its doors, thus obtaining for «Senecan Christianity» an importance that had been denied by pagan writers.
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