Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	1620
Title	Languages as Barriers, Languages as Bridges: Intra- and Inter-Lingual Negotiations across Boundaries in the Late Antique and Medieval Mediterranean, II - The Language and Religion
Date/Time	Thursday 7 July 2022: 11.15-12.45
Sponsor	National Science Centre, Poland / Uniwersytet Warszawski / Jacksonville State University, Alabama / University of Sheffield
Organiser	Yuliya Minets, Department of History & Foreign Languages, Jacksonville State University, Alabama
	Paweł Nowakowski, Wydział Historii, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Moderator/Chair	Yuliya Minets, Department of History & Foreign Languages, Jacksonville State University, Alabama
Paper 1620-a	How Gothic in Language Was 'Gothic Arianism'? (Language: English) Marta Szada, Wydział Humanistyczny, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń Index Terms: Byzantine Studies; Language and Literature - Latin; Religious Life
Paper 1620-b	Adulter versus Moechus: The Impact of the Greek Language on the Terminology of Adultery in Christian Latin (Language: English) Milena Joksimović, Independent Scholar, Pula Index Terms: Byzantine Studies; Language and Literature - Latin; Religious Life; Sexuality
Abstract	This session offers a closer insight into the intricate links between language and religion. Marta Szada will show that, counterintuitively, the Nicenes ('Catholics') hardly noticed the linguistic distinctiveness of 'Gothic' Homoianism and did not refer to it in polemical discussions. Nor did the Homoians feel the need to cultivate their special attachment to Gothic religious language as a sign of their opposition to Nicene doctrine and practice. Milena Joksimović discusses correlations between Christian sexual morality and wording used to describe male and female adultery.