Evidence Of Greek Philosophical Concepts In The Writings Of Ephrem The Syrian

Author : Ute Possekel
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9042907592

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Evidence of Greek Philosophical Concepts in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian by Ute Possekel Pdf

Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373) has often been taken to represent an unhellenized Semitic form of Christianity in unbroken continuity with the tradition of Jesus and the apostles. This somewhat romanticized view of Ephrem disregards the fact that Syria had been subject to Greek influence since its conquest centuries earlier by Alexander the Great. Ephrem's own writings however frequently betray a familiarity with Greek philosophical ideas. This book first introduces Ephrem's intellectual context and his attitude towards learning. It then systematically analyzes parallels between Ephrem and Greek writers on the subjects of atomism, space, on corporeals, vision, and the four elements. This study thereby demonstrates that Ephrem draws not only on Semitic cultural traditions, but also on Greek philosophical thought.

Author : S. T. Kimbrough
Publisher : St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Methodist Church
ISBN : 088141235X

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Orthodox and Wesleyan Spirituality by S. T. Kimbrough Pdf

In 1999, on the campus of St. Vladimir's Seminary, leading Orthodox and Methodist scholars, clergy, and laity met to explore the roots of spirituality in both traditions. This volume explores the primary themes addressed at that consultation: holiness and perfection, the impact and influence of the Eastern Church upon John and Charles Wesley- the founders of Methodism- and the common foundational ground upon which the Wesleys and many of the Eastern Fathers stood. While there is much to be done toward establishing the direct channels of influence, the discourses of this volume will serve well the cause of discovering commonalities, as well as differences, in their theology and practice. One will find here foundation stones for building bridges of understanding and the deepening of spirituality.

Author : Robert R. Phenix Jr.,Cornelia B. Horn
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884140771

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The Rabbula Corpus by Robert R. Phenix Jr.,Cornelia B. Horn Pdf

A significant new study of Rabbula and Christianity in Edessa This volume makes available for the first time both the Syriac text and an English translation of every available original composition by Rabbula, the controversial bishop of Edessa (ca. 411–435 CE). It includes a new edition of the Life of Rabbula and other biographical traditions about him, including his conversion from paganism to Christianity. The texts collected in the volume are a valuable source for studying the reception history of biblical themes. In addition, the corpus offers insights into the beginnings of ecclesiastical legislation in the East, charitable work, pilgrimage, ascetic ideals, and church administration. Horn and Phenix examine Rabbula’s contribution to the Christological controversies of the fifth and sixth centuries, including his influence on Cyril of Alexandria in his debate with Theodoret of Cyrrhus and Theodore of Mopsuestia. Features A critical study of the theological, cultural, and historical development of Syriac Christianity Thorough historical, theological, and socio-cultural analysis provided for each text A previously unidentified Christian Palestinian Aramaic fragment

Author : Mary Hansbury
Publisher : SLG Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780728301672

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Hymns of Saint Ephrem the Syrian by Mary Hansbury Pdf

Fairacres Publications 149 St Ephrem the Syrian (306-376), a visionary poet and spiritual teacher of the early Christian centuries, is known chiefly as the author of numerous hymns. These examples of his ‘Table Blessings’, recalling the events of salvation history, combine lyrical delight in the good and beautiful things of creation with an outpouring of praise and thanksgiving to their Creator.

Author : Judith Lieu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107029040

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Marcion and the Making of a Heretic by Judith Lieu Pdf

This study explores Marcion's ideas through his writings and the writings of early Christian polemicists who shaped the idea of heresy.

Author : Pro Ecclesia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781442229129

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Pro Ecclesia Vol 17-N2 by Pro Ecclesia Pdf

Pro Ecclesia is a quarterly journal of theology published by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. It seeks to give contemporary expression to the one apostolic faith and its classic traditions, working for and manifesting the church's unity by research, theological construction, and free exchange of opinion. Members of its advisory council represent communities committed to the authority of Holy Scripture, ecumenical dogmatic teaching and the structural continuity of the church, and are themselves dedicated to maintaining and invigorating these commitments. The journal publishes biblical, liturgical, historical and doctrinal articles that promote or illumine its purposes. Ways to subscribe: Call toll-free: 800-273-2223 Email: [email protected] For back-issues, please contact [email protected] Editorial inquiries: Joseph Mangina, [email protected] Submissions should be sent by email attachment in Microsoft Word, double-spaced, with identifying marks removed for the purposes of blind peer review. Book review inquiries: Chad Pecknold, [email protected] Advertising inquiries: Charles Roth, Jr., [email protected] Subscription inquiries: [email protected] ISSN: 1063-8512

Author : Michael Philip Penn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520971035

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Invitation to Syriac Christianity by Michael Philip Penn Pdf

Despite their centrality to the history of Christianity in the East, Syriac Christians have generally been excluded from modern accounts of the faith. Originating from Mesopotamia, Syriac Christians quickly spread across Eurasia, from Turkey to China, developing a distinctive and influential form of Christianity that connected empires. These early Christians wrote in the language of Syriac, the lingua franca of the late ancient Middle East, and a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Collecting key foundational Syriac texts from the second to the fourteenth centuries, this anthology provides unique access to one of the most intriguing, but least known, branches of the Christian tradition.

Author : Andrew Louth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 4474 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192638151

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church by Andrew Louth Pdf

Uniquely authoritative and wide-ranging in its scope, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is the indispensable reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church. It contains over 6,500 cross-referenced A-Z entries, and offers unrivalled coverage of all aspects of this vast and often complex subject, from theology; churches and denominations; patristic scholarship; and the bible; to the church calendar and its organization; popes; archbishops; other church leaders; saints; and mystics. In this new edition, great efforts have been made to increase and strengthen coverage of non-Anglican denominations (for example non-Western European Christianity), as well as broadening the focus on Christianity and the history of churches in areas beyond Western Europe. In particular, there have been extensive additions with regards to the Christian Church in Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, and Australasia. Significant updates have also been included on topics such as liturgy, Canon Law, recent international developments, non-Anglican missionary activity, and the increasingly important area of moral and pastoral theology, among many others. Since its first appearance in 1957, the ODCC has established itself as an essential resource for ordinands, clergy, and members of religious orders, and an invaluable tool for academics, teachers, and students of church history and theology, as well as for the general reader.

Author : Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520287563

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Scenting Salvation by Susan Ashbrook Harvey Pdf

This book explores the role of bodily, sensory experience in early Christianity (first – seventh centuries AD) by focusing on the importance of smell in ancient Mediterranean culture. Following its legalization in the fourth century Roman Empire, Christianity cultivated a dramatically flourishing devotional piety, in which the bodily senses were utilized as crucial instruments of human-divine interaction. Rich olfactory practices developed as part of this shift, with lavish uses of incense, holy oils, and other sacred scents. At the same time, Christians showed profound interest in what smells could mean. How could the experience of smell be construed in revelatory terms? What specifically could it convey? How and what could be known through smell? Scenting Salvation argues that ancient Christians used olfactory experience for purposes of a distinctive religious epistemology: formulating knowledge of the divine in order to yield, in turn, a particular human identity. Using a wide array of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian sources, Susan Ashbrook Harvey examines the ancient understanding of smell through religious rituals, liturgical practices, mystagogical commentaries, literary imagery, homiletic conventions; scientific, medical, and cosmological models; ascetic disciplines, theological discourse, and eschatological expectations. In the process, she argues for a richer appreciation of ancient notions of embodiment, and of the roles the body might serve in religion.

Author : Saint Ephraem (Syrus),St. Ephrem the Syrian
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813227351

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The Hymns on Faith by Saint Ephraem (Syrus),St. Ephrem the Syrian Pdf

Ephrem is known for a theology that relies heavily on symbol and for a keen awareness of Jewish exegetical traditions. Yet he is also our earliest source for the reception of Nicaea among Syriac-speaking Christians. It is in his eighty-seven Hymns on Faith - the longest extant piece of early Syriac literature - that he develops his arguments against subordinationist christologies most fully. These hymns, most likely delivered orally and compiled after the author's death, were composed in Nisibis and Edessa between the 350s ans 373. They reveal an author conversant with Christological debates further to the west, but responding in a uniquely Syriac idiom. As such, they form an essential source for reconstructing the development of pro-Nicene thought in the eastern Mediterranean.

Author : Lewis Ayres
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198755067

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Nicaea and Its Legacy by Lewis Ayres Pdf

The first part of Nicaea and its Legacy offers a narrative of the fourth-century trinitarian controversy. It does not assume that the controversy begins with Arius, but with tensions among existing theological strategies. Lewis Ayres argues that, just as we cannot speak of one `Arian' theology, so we cannot speak of one `Nicene' theology either, in 325 or in 381. The second part of the book offers an account of the theological practices and assumptions within whichpro-Nicene theologians assumed their short formulae and creeds were to be understood. Ayres also argues that there is no fundamental division between eastern and western trinitarian theologies at the end of the fourth century. The last section of the book challenges modern post-Hegelian trinitarian theology toengage with Nicaea more deeply.

Author : Jeffrey Wickes
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520302860

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Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia by Jeffrey Wickes Pdf

Ephrem the Syrian was one of the founding voices in Syriac literature. While he wrote in a variety of genres, the bulk of his work took the form of madrashe, a Syriac genre of musical poetry or hymns. In Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia, Jeffrey Wickes offers a thoroughly contextualized study of Ephrem’s magnum opus, the Hymns on Faith, delivered in response to the theological controversies that followed the First Council of Nicaea. The ensuing doctrinal divisions had tremendous impact on the course of Christianity and led in part to the development of a uniquely Syriac Church, in which Ephrem would become a central figure. Drawing on literary, ritual, and performance theories, Bible and Poetry shows how Ephrem used the Syriac Bible to construct and conceive of himself and his audience. In so doing, Wickes resituates Ephrem in a broader early Christian context and contributes to discussions of literature and religion in late antiquity.

Author : Frances Young,Lewis Ayres,Andrew Louth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521460832

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The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature by Frances Young,Lewis Ayres,Andrew Louth Pdf

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Author : Ian S. Markham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1009 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781405135078

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The Blackwell Companion to the Theologians, 2 Volume Set by Ian S. Markham Pdf

This two-volume companion brings together a team of contemporary theologians and writers to provide substantial introductions to the key people who shaped the Christian story and tradition. A substantial two-volume reference work, bringing together over 75 entries on the most important and influential theologians in the history of Christianity Structured accessibly around five periods: early centuries, middle ages, reformation period, the Enlightenment, and the twentieth-century to the present A to Z entries range from substantial essays to shorter overviews, each of which locates the theologian in their immediate context, summarizes the themes of their work, and explains their significance Covers a broad span of theologians, from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas, through to C. S. Lewis, James Cone, and Rosemary Radford Reuther Provides profiles of key Catholic, protestant, evangelical, and progressive theologians Includes a useful timeline to orientate the reader, reading lists, and a glossary of key terms

Author : Frances Margaret Young,Mark J. Edwards,Paul M. Parvis
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Cappadocian Fathers
ISBN : 9042918845

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Papers Presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies Held in Oxford 2003 by Frances Margaret Young,Mark J. Edwards,Paul M. Parvis Pdf