Algunas cartas de Jerónimo a las mujeres

Abstract

Jerónimo es un autor principal del siglo IV. Pero nuestro interés no está en sus grandes obras teológicas sino en las cartas que escribía a algunas de sus amigas y admiradoras con consejos espirituales y prácticos que denotan una formación y una actividad evangelizadora notable. A través de estas cartas privadas se vislumbra el pensamiento de quien ya estaba pensando lo público desde una determinada concepción que difería con lo usual o aceptado en su tiempo. Analizaremos la Carta CXXVII "A Principia, virgen", la Carta XXIII "A Marcela", y la Carta XXIV "A Marcela, noble dama romana".

Jerome is one of the main authors in the 4th century. However, we are not so much concerned about his theological writings as we are about the letters he wrote giving spiritual and practical advice to some of his friends and admirers. They clearly reflect his evangelical background and missionary zeal. In those familiar letters we can follow his train of thought: he had a conception of the public sector which differed significantly from that popular in his time. We will analyse letter CXXVII "To Principia, virgin", letter XXIII "To Marcela", and letter XXIV "To Marcela, noble roman lady”.