Sons Of Hellenism Fathers Of The Church

Author : Susanna Elm
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520287549

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Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church by Susanna Elm Pdf

This groundbreaking study brings into dialogue for the first time the writings of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and his most outspoken critic, Bishop Gregory of Nazianzus, a central figure of Christianity. Susanna Elm compares these two men not to draw out the obvious contrast between the Church and the Emperor’s neo-Paganism, but rather to find their common intellectual and social grounding. Her insightful analysis, supplemented by her magisterial command of sources, demonstrates the ways in which both men were part of the same dialectical whole. Elm recasts both Julian and Gregory as men entirely of their times, showing how the Roman Empire in fact provided Christianity with the ideological and social matrix without which its longevity and dynamism would have been inconceivable.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350085091

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Michael of Ephesus: On Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics 10 with Themistius: On Virtue by Anonim Pdf

The two texts translated in this volume of the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series both compare the happiness of the practical life, which is subject to the hazards of fortune, with the happiness of the life of philosophical contemplation, which is subject to fewer needs. The first is Michael of Ephesus' 12th-century commentary on Book 10 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, written (alongside his commentaries on Books 5 and 9) to fill gaps in the Neoplatonists' commentaries from the 6th century. He recognizes that lives of practicality and philosophy may be combined, and gives his own account of the superiority of the contemplative. The second is Themistius' text On Virtue, written in the 4th century AD. He was an important teacher and commentator on Aristotle, an orator and leading civil servant in Constantinople. His philosophical oration is here argued to be written in support of the Emperor Julian's insistence against the misuse of free speech by a Cynic Heraclius, who had satirised him. Julian had previously criticised Themistius but here he combines his political and philosophical roles in seeking to mend relations with his former pupil.

Author : Chrysostomos
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227905890

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The Sculptor and his Stone by Chrysostomos Pdf

This book argues for the inseparability of classical Hellenism from the Greek patristic tradition from a distinctly Eastern Orthodox perspective. Postulating a common striving for truth in both domains, it places emphasis on the contributions of theancients and Greek paideia to Christian learning and culture. In the spirit of the late Werner Jaeger, the essays contained in the volume provide a fruitful strategy for looking anew at the Greek classical world and Christianity through the eyes of the Greek Fathers, the direct inheritors of the ancient Greek worldview. Collectively, the author and contributors excellently demonstrate that, conflated with the visionary insights of the Jewish prophets and of Jewish messianism, the wisdom of the ancients served to pave the way for the unfolding of the fullness of Christian teaching and its spiritually enlightening revelation.

Author : James Marshall Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCAL:$B685356

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The Greek Fathers by James Marshall Campbell Pdf

Author : Ariane Magny
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317077794

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Porphyry in Fragments by Ariane Magny Pdf

The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd century A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of three prominent Christian writers to know what Porphyry wrote. Scholars have long thought that we could rely on those testimonies to know Porphyry's ideas. Exploring early religious debates which still resonate today, Porphyry in Fragments argues instead that Porphyry's actual thoughts became mixed with the thoughts of the Christians who preserved his ideas, as well as those of other Christian opponents.

Author : Sean A. Adams
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110660982

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Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras by Sean A. Adams Pdf

The purpose of this volume is to investigate scholastic culture in the Hellenistic and Roman eras, with a particular focus on ancient book and material culture as well as scholarship beyond Greek authors and the Greek language. Accordingly, one of the major contributions of this work is the inclusion of multiple perspectives and its contributors engage not only with elements of Greek scholastic culture, but also bring Greek ideas into conversation with developing Latin scholarship (see chapters by Dickey, Nicholls, Marshall) and the perspective of a minority culture (i.e., Jewish authors) (see chapters by Hezser, Adams). This multicultural perspective is an important next step in the discussion of ancient scholarship and this volume provides a starting point for future inquiries.

Author : Nicholas Baker-Brian,Shaun Tougher
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030398989

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The Sons of Constantine, AD 337-361 by Nicholas Baker-Brian,Shaun Tougher Pdf

This edited collection focuses on the Roman empire during the period from AD 337 to 361. During this period the empire was ruled by three brothers: Constantine II (337-340), Constans I (337-350) and Constantius II (337-361). These emperors tend to be cast into shadow by their famous father Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor (306-337), and their famous cousin Julian, the last pagan Roman emperor (361-363). The traditional concentration on the historically renowned figures of Constantine and Julian is understandable but comes at a significant price: the neglect of the period between the death of Constantine and the reign of Julian and of the rulers who governed the empire in this period. The reigns of the sons of Constantine, especially that of the longest-lived Constantius II, mark a moment of great historical significance. As the heirs of Constantine they became the guardians of his legacy, and they oversaw the nature of the world in which Julian was to grow up. The thirteen contributors to this volume assess their influence on imperial, administrative, cultural, and religious facets of the empire in the fourth century.

Author : Bradley K. Storin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520972940

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Self-Portrait in Three Colors by Bradley K. Storin Pdf

A seminal figure in late antique Christianity and Christian orthodoxy, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus published a collection of more than 240 letters. Whereas these letters have often been cast aside as readers turn to his theological orations or autobiographical poetry for insight into his life, thought, and times, Self-Portrait in Three Colors focuses squarely on them, building a provocative case that the finalized collection constitutes not an epistolary archive but an autobiography in epistolary form—a single text composed to secure his status among provincial contemporaries and later generations. Shedding light on late-ancient letter writing, fourth-century Christian intelligentsia, Christianity and classical culture, and the Christianization of Roman society, these letters offer a fascinating and unique view of Gregory’s life, engagement with literary culture, and leadership in the church. As a single unit, this autobiographical epistolary collection proved a powerful tool in Gregory’s attempts to govern the contours of his authorial image as well as his provincial and ecclesiastical legacy.

Author : Nathan D. Howard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316514764

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Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity by Nathan D. Howard Pdf

By exploring gender and identity in fourth-century Cappadocia, where bishops used a rhetoric of contest to align with classical Greek masculinity, this book contributes to discussions about how gender, identity formation, and materiality shaped episcopal office and theology in late antiquity.

Author : Geoffrey Greatrex,Hugh Elton,the assistance of Lucas McMahon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317055457

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Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity by Geoffrey Greatrex,Hugh Elton,the assistance of Lucas McMahon Pdf

Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity examines the transformations that took place in a wide range of genres, both literary and non-literary, in this dynamic period. The Christianisation of the Roman empire and the successor kingdoms had a profound impact on the evolution of Greek and Roman literature, and many aspects of this are discussed in this volume - the composition of church history, the collection of papal letters, heresiology, homiletics and apologetic. Contributors discuss authors such as John Chrysostom, Ambrose of Milan, Cassiodorus, Jerome, Liberatus of Carthage, Victor of Vita, and Epiphanius of Salamis as well as the Collectio Avellana. Secular literature too, however, underwent important changes, notably in Constantinople in the sixth century. Several chapters accordingly reassess the work of Procopius of Caesarea and literature of this period; attention is also given to the evolution of the chronicle genre. Technical writing, such as military manuals and legal texts, are the focus of other chapters; further genres considered include monody, epigraphy and epistolography. Changes in visual representation are also considered in chapters devoted to diptychs, monuments and coins. A common theme that emerges from the chapters is the flexibility and adaptability of genres in the period: late antique authors, whether orators or historians, were not slavish followers of their classical predecessors. They were capable of engaging with their models, adapting them to their own purposes, and producing work that deserves to be considered on its own merits. It is necessary to examine their texts and genres closely to grasp what they set out to do; on occasion, attention must also be paid to the transmission of these texts. The volume as a whole represents a significant contribution to the reassessment of late antique culture in general.

Author : Edward J. Watts
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520379220

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The Final Pagan Generation by Edward J. Watts Pdf

A compelling history of radical transformation in the fourth-century--when Christianity decimated the practices of traditional pagan religion in the Roman Empire. The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century’s dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. The emperors who issued these laws, the imperial officials charged with implementing them, and the Christian perpetrators of religious violence were almost exclusively young men whose attitudes and actions contrasted markedly with those of the earlier generation, who shared neither their juniors’ interest in creating sharply defined religious identities nor their propensity for violent conflict. Watts examines why the "final pagan generation"—born to the old ways and the old world in which it seemed to everyone that religious practices would continue as they had for the past two thousand years—proved both unable to anticipate the changes that imperially sponsored Christianity produced and unwilling to resist them. A compelling and provocative read, suitable for the general reader as well as students and scholars of the ancient world.

Author : Caroline T. Schroeder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107156876

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Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism by Caroline T. Schroeder Pdf

Early Christian asceticism emphasized renunciation of family, while Egyptian monks in late antiquity cared for children.

Author : Andrew Hofer OP
Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Deification (Christianity)
ISBN : 9781595250414

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Divinization by Andrew Hofer OP Pdf

Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy explains the startling claim, so often overlooked, that God transforms the Christian people through the Church’s liturgy to share in his divine nature. This resource serves as an excellent introduction to the Catholic theology of divinization through the Liturgy. This remarkable work forms a coherent introduction to how God makes the faithful in the pews partakers in his divine nature through the action of the liturgy.

Author : Averil Cameron
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691196855

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Byzantine Matters by Averil Cameron Pdf

A renowned historian addresses misconceptions about Byzantium, suggests why it is so important to integrate the civilization into wider histories, and lays out why Byzantium should be central to ongoing debates about the relationships between West and East, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and the ancient and medieval periods.

Author : Andrew Hofer, O.P.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199681945

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Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus by Andrew Hofer, O.P. Pdf

This book examines how Gregory of Nazianzus, a fourth-century Greek writer famed as 'the Theologian' in the Christian tradition, expressed the mystery of Christ in terms of his own life. It studies Gregory's three genres of writing (orations, poems, and letters) and shows how Gregory developed an 'autobiographical Christology'.