Kasprzak, Dariusz2023-07-252023-07-252004Analecta Cracoviensia, 2004, T. 36, s. 163-181.0209-0864http://theo-logos.pl/xmlui/handle/123456789/9521The essential purpose of Paulinian search for wisdom is Christ. The article discusses the sources of Paulinus’s thinking, with a consideration of the Biblical roots and the earlier philosophical Greek tradition that inspired him. Having accept a radical asceticism, it is certain that he rejected pagan sources such as philosophers and ancient historians. The Scriptures are decisively the real source of his theological thought. In all his written works about 2800 quotations and allusions to the Scriptures can be found, of which 1450 quotations and allusions refer to the New Testament.plAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Polandhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/Paulin z Nolibiskupikapłaniduchowieństwoojcowie Kościołaświęciteologiastarożytnośćbiografiakultura antycznadziałalność politycznanawrócenieBibliaPismo Świętechrystocentryzmpoezja chrześcijańskasymbolsymbolika biblijnaświatłoogieńPaulinus of NolabishopspriesthoodclergyChurch Fatherssaintstheologyantiquitybiographyancient culturepolitical activitiesconversionBibleChristocentrismChristian poetrybiblical symbolismlightfirekulturapatrystykapatrologiaculturepatristicspatrologypoezjapoetryliteraturaliteratureArticle