Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2015. — 624 p. — (Oxford Handbooks). — ISBN: 978-0-199-67383-4. Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including On the Ascetic Life, Four Centuries...
Routledge, 2004. — 304 p. — (The Early Church Fathers). This book presents the fundamental elements of Athanasius' response to the central questions of the identity of Jesus and the nature of his relationship with God. Providing a useful introduction on his life and work, the book focuses on the tumultuous doctrinal controversies of the day in which he was a central figure. Key...
Cambridge University Press, 2010. — 375 p. — ISBN: 978-1107-68928-2. This new treatment of Augustine of Hippo's theology of the Trinity defends one of the most influential figures in western religious thought against the long-held assumption that he over-emphasized the unity of God. Culminating recent research, Ayres argues that Augustine actually offered one of the most...
Oxford University Press, 2013. — 304 p. Embodiment in the theology of Gregory of Nyssa is a much-debated topic. Hans Boersma argues that this-worldly realities of time and space, which include embodiment, are not the focus of Gregory's theology. Instead, embodiment plays a distinctly subordinate role. The key to his theology, Boersma suggests, is anagogy, going upward in order...
University of California Press, 2013. — 394 p. — (Transformation of the Classical Heritage). This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics — John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor — to determine the Church’s power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then...
University of California Press, 2000. — 566 p. This classic biography was first published thirty years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching. The remarkable discovery recently of a considerable number of letters and sermons by Augustine has thrown fresh light on the first and last decades of his experience as a...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. — 242 p. Dionysius the Areopagite, the early sixth-century Christian writer, bridged Christianity and neo-Platonist philosophy. Bringing together a team of international scholars, this volume surveys how Dionysius’s thought and work has been interpreted, in both East and West, up to the present day. One of the first volumes in English to survey the...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 321 p. Intergrating patristics and early Jewish mysticism, this book examines Greogry of Nyssa's tabernacle imagery, as found in Life of Moses 2. 170-201. Previous scholarship has often focused on Gregory's interpretation of the darkness on Mount Sinai as divine incomprehensibility. However, true to Exodus, Gregory continues with Moses's vision...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 304 p. More exegetical literature survives from the hand of Cyril of Alexandria than nearly any other Greek patristic author, yet this sizable body of work has scarcely received the degree of attention it deserves. In this work, Matthew R. Crawford reconstructs the intellectual context that gave rise to this literary output and highlights...
Routledge, 2006. - 285 p. - (The Early Church Fathers) This book brings together a new, original survey of the significance of Gregory's life and work with translations of eight beautiful and profound orations. Gregory of Nazianzus portrays a vivid picture of a fascinating character of vital importance who deserves to be regarded as the first true Christian humanist. The eight...
Oxford University Press, 2012. — 256 p. Athanasius of Alexandria (c.295-373) is one of the greatest and most controversial figures of early Christian history. His life spanned the period of fundamental change for the Roman Empire and the Christian Church that followed the conversion of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor. A bishop and theologian, an ascetic...
Oxford University Press, 2013. — 304 p. Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus is the first full-length book devoted to an overview of the Christology of this fourth-century Father of the Church. Andrew Hofer examines the breadth of Gregory's corpus--orations, letters, and poems (often neglected in doctrinal studies)--to argue that Gregory's writing on Christ...
Dekker & Van de Vegt, 1961. — 217 p. Textes latins Bibliographie Liste des abréviations Avant-propos Chapitre I: La terminologie au temps de Tertullien Tertullien Martyr - martyrium Confiteri confessio confessor Pati passio La terminologie des persécutions et de l'infidélité Appellations addressees aux martyrs Les contemporains de tertullien Chapitre II : L'epoque de Cyprien...
Oxford: Oxford University Press. — 2006. — 336 p. — ISBN10: 0199288089; ISBN13: 978-0199288083. Can humans know God? Can created beings approach the Uncreated? The concept of God and questions about our ability to know him are central to this book. Eastern Orthodox theology distinguishes between knowing God as he is (his divine essence) and as he presents himself (through his...
Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2006. — 1496 p. — (The Bible in Ancient Christianity; ISSN: 1542-1295). — ISBN: 90-04-15361-6. Through this "Handbook of Patristic Exegesis", the reader will obtain a balanced and cohesive picture of the Early Church. It gives an overall view of the reception, transmission, and interpretation of the Bible in the life and thought of the Church during the...
Routledge, 2006. - 297 p. - (The Early Church Fathers) The larger part of Theodoret of Cyrus' existant body of work still remains untranslated, and this lack provides a fragmented representation of his thought and has lead to his misrepresentation by ancient, medieval and some modern scholars. Theodoret of Cyrus presents a fresh collection of texts from all periods of his...
Routledge, 1996. - 240 p. - (The Early Church Fathers) St Maximus the Confessor, the greatest of Byzantine theologians, lived through the most catastrophic period the Byzantine Empire was to experience before the Crusades. This book introduces the reader to the times and upheavals during which Maximus lived. It discusses his cosmic vision of humanity and the role of the church....
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1994, 214 p. The original german text of this book appeared in 1978 with the title "Schopfung aus dem nichts: die entstebung der lehre von der creatio ex nihilo". Only minor changes occur in the english text. The thesis focuses on the origin and roots of the doctrine of "creation out of nothing". However Gerhard May also emphasizes the interplay...
Brill, 1994. — 440 p. — (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Vol 23). John McGuckin's Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy is a book to be welcomed and recommended. Students of this difficult period will be amazed at the verve and clarity the author has brought to his study. Its erudition and speculative brilliance recall John Henry Newman's The Arians...
University of California Press, 1994. — 270 p. — (Transformation of the Classical Heritage) In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's...
Routledge, 1999. - 176 p. - (The Early Church Fathers) Gregory of Nyssa provides a concise and accessible introduction to the thought of this early church father with new translations of key selections of his writings. Anthony Meredith presents a diverse range of Gregory's writings: his contribution to the debates of the period about the nature of God in argument with a form of...
Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2015. — 552 p. — (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion). — ISBN: 978-1-118-43871-8. This comprehensive volume brings together a team of distinguished scholars to create a wide-ranging introduction to patristic authors and their contributions to not only theology and spirituality, but to philosophy, ecclesiology,...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 208 p. After resolving to become a Catholic Christian, Augustine spent a decade trying to clarify his understanding of "contemplation," the interior presence of God to the soul. That long struggle yielded his classic account in the Confessions. This study explores Augustine's developing understanding of contemplation, beginning with his earliest...
Routledge, 1997. - 256 p. - (The Early Church Fathers) St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, was one of the most important figures of the fourth century Roman empire. This volume explores the enormous impact of Ambrose on Western civilization, and examines the complexity of his ideas and influence; as a poet, ascetic, mystic and politician. Ambrose combines an...
Routledge, 2002. - 113 p. - (The Early Church Fathers) As a scholar, writer and ascetic, Jerome was a major intellectual force in the early Church and influenced the ideals of Christian chastity and poverty for many generations after his death. This book assembles a representative selection of his voluminous output. It will help readers to a balanced portrait of a complex and...
Routledge, 2000. - 288 p. - (The Early Church Fathers) As a ruler of the church of Alexander and president of the Third Ecumenical Council of 431, Cyril was one of the most powerful men of the fifth century. Not only did he define the concept of christological orthodoxy for the next two centuries, but he is also often regarded as an unscrupulous cleric who was responsible for...
Oxford: Oxford University Press. — 2012. — 272 p. — ISBN10: 0199640424; ISBN13: 978-0199640423. This book examines the writings of an early sixth-century Christian mystical theologian who wrote under the name of a convert of the apostle Paul, Dionysius the Areopagite. This 'Pseudo'-Dionysius is famous for articulating a mystical theology in two parts: a sacramental and...
Oxford University Press, 2008. — 254 p. St. Maximus the Confessor (580-662), was a major Byzantine thinker, a theologian and philosopher. He developed a philosophical theology in which the doctrine of God, creation, the cosmic order, and salvation is integrated in a unified conception of reality. Christ, the divine Logos, is the centre of the principles (the logoi ) according...
The Catholic University of America Press, 2012. - 259 p. Immediately after his baptism Augustine set out to produce a Christianized version of the ancient liberal arts curriculum. By an ordered sequence of contemplation, moving from linguistic to mathematically based disciplines, Augustine suggested that study in the liberal arts could render the mind and heart docile before...
Oxford University Press, 2007. — 239 p. Union and Distinction in the Thought of St Maximus the Confessor presents the writings of a key figure in Byzantine theology in the light of the themes of unity and diversity. The principle of simultaneous union and distinction forms the core of Maximus' thought, pervading every area of his theology. It can be summarized as: Things united...
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