The first five books of Cyril of Alexandria's (c. 378-444 CE) monumental work of refutation "Against Julian" are being published here for the first time in a modern critical edition with an extensive apparatus of sources and parallel texts. The general introduction outlines the …
Apostolic fathers
by Garbett Library, Tugwell, Simon
fromOutstanding Christian thinkers
"What has Alexander the Great to do with Jesus Christ? Or the legendary king's conquest of the Persian Empire (335-23 BCE) to do with the prophecies of the Old Testament? In many ways, the early Christian writings on Alexander and his legacy provide a lens through which it is po…
This is a manual for scholars and students of the first translations of the New Testament into Latin. It provides a guide to standard resources on the subject, as well as a general introduction, a summary of current research, a catalogue of manuscripts and online images, and an …
The essays in this volume engage a variety of inter- and intra-religious conflicts, ranging from the first to eighth centuries CE. The religious conflicts associated with the birth and development of Christianity, from the death of Jesus, to the Apostle Paul, through to the Patr…
Utěšitel: o Boholidství
by Bulgakov, Sergej Nikolajevič
fromStudie (Refugium Velehrad-Roma)
This compendium compiles the latest research findings on the patristic literature of Late Antiquity, including questions surrounding editorial methods and interpretive approaches, and also presents a previously unpublished and lost tractate from Late Antiquity. It contains essay…
In their functions as memorial and devotional literature, the "Acts of the Martyrs", are generally read as historical protocols. They are an access point for understanding the development of hagiography. By examining different genres and textual compilations (at times, synoptic)…
Maximus the Confessor (580-662) is recognized by historians of Christian thought for his contributions to philosophical theology in the Eastern Christian tradition. His second largest work, the Quaestiones ad Thalassium, is a collection of his responses to a wide variety of ques…