The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Serie: Blackwell Companions to Religion
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 1334

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

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, linguistics, hagiography, liturgics, homiletics, iconology, and other fields.

• Challenges accepted definitions of patristics and the patristic period – in particular questioning the Western framework in which the field has traditionally been constructed
• Includes the work of authors who wrote in languages other than Latin and Greek, including those within the Coptic, Armenian, Syriac, and Arabic Christian traditions
• Examines the reception history of prominent as well as lesser-known figures, debating the role of each, and exploring why many have undergone periods of revived interest
• Offers synthetic accounts of a number of topics central to patristic studies, including scripture, scholasticism, and the Reformation
• Demonstrates the continuing role of these writings in enriching and inspiring our understanding of Christianity

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Cover

Title page

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Part I: Introduction

CHAPTER 1: The Nature and Scope of Patristics

The Patristic Age

Patristic Literature

A Major Modern Father

The Continuing Tradition

The Authority of the Fathers

The Ascetic Orientation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Part II: Collecting the Fathers

CHAPTER 2: Byzantine Florilegia

Introductory Remarks

Exegetical Chains (

Catenae

,

∑ειραí

)

Spiritual Florilegia

Dogmatic Florilegia

Conclusions

Bibliography

CHAPTER 3: Modern Patrologies

Terminological Questions

The Recourse to the Fathers

The Patrologies

The Patrologies of the Twentieth Century

The Oriental Patrologies

Bibliography

Part III: Studies in Reception History I: Individual Fathers

CHAPTER 4: Irenaeus of Lyons

Introductory Remarks

Writings

Early Dissemination

Early Notices, Quotations and Influence

The Latin Translation of

Adversus Haereses

and its Manuscripts

The Armenian Translation of

Adversus Haereses

and the

Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching

Early Printed Editions of

Adversus Haereses

, and the Reception of Irenaeus in the Reformation Period

The Eighteenth Century to the Present Day

Bibliography

CHAPTER 5: Clement of Alexandria

Clement’s Life and Works

The Catechetical School and its Significance

The Main Characteristics of Clement’s Theological Pedagogy: The Purpose of Life

Ambiguous Reception of Clement’s Legacy in Late Antiquity

Clement of Alexandria and Modern Scholarship

Conclusion

Bibliography

CHAPTER 6: Origen of Alexandria

Introduction

The First Assault

Nicaea and After

Oecumenical Condemnation

Renaissance and Reformation

The Modern Age

Bibliography

CHAPTER 7: Athanasius of Alexandria

Introduction

Life and Writings

East and West in the First Millennium

From Scholasticism to the Reformation

From the Reformation to the Modern Age

Athanasius in the Twenty-First Century

Bibliography

CHAPTER 8: Ephrem of Nisibis

Introduction

Part 1. The Syriac and Modern Western Worlds

Part 2. The Medieval World of Christendom

Conclusion

Bibliography

CHAPTER 9: John Chrysostom

Introduction: The Popularity of John Chrysostom

The Ps-Chrysostomica

The Early Translations

The Influence of the Lives

The Modern Editing and Publication of his Works and the Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Modern Reception of Chrysostom and His Works

The Gaps and Future Directions

Bibliography

CHAPTER 10: Augustine of Hippo

The Starting Point of Augustine’s Reception: Augustine’s Original Figure

Augustine’s Reception in the Late Antique and Middle Ages

Reception of Augustine in the Modern Period

Augustine’s Reception in China: The Case of Matteo Ricci’s Mission

Augustine’s Reception in Japan

Conclusion

Bibliography

CHAPTER 11: Cyril of Alexandria

Introduction

Christological Controversies

The Reception of Chalcedon

Texts and Translations

Middle Ages and Reformation

The Modern Period

Bibliography