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Contents Preface to the German Edition 000 Preface to the English Edition 000 List of Abbreviations 000 A. Secondary Sources 000 B. Places of Publication 000 C. General 000 D. Primary Sources 000 1. Old Testament 000 2. New Testament 000 3. Greek and Latin Works 000 General Bibliography A. Bibliographies 000 B. Dictionaries/Encyclopedias 000 1. Early Christianity and Literature 000 2. General Dictionaries for Theology and Church 000 3. General Encyclopedias for Classical Antiquity and Byzantium 000 C. Patrologies and Histories of Literature 000 D. Series of Editions 000 E. Series of Translations 000 1. English 000 2. French 000 3. German 000 4. Italian 000 5. Spanish 000 F. Reference Works 000 G. Manuals (History, Philology, Theology) 000 H. Journals and Yearbooks 000 I. Monograph Series 000 J. Microfiches 000 1. Editions 000 2. Reference Works 000 3. Monograph Series 000 K. Electronic Data Banks 000 1. Bibliographies 000 2. Editions 000 3. Reference Works 000 L. Internet Addresses Introduction: Patrology as a Subject 1 I. The Concept "Father" 000 II. Church Father - Doctor of the Church - Church Writer 000 III. Patrology - Patristics - History of Literature 000 Part One Apostolic and Postapostolic Literature Introduction: The Rise of Christian Literature 000 I. Oral Tradition and Pre-literary Forms 000 II. Literary Genres of Apostolic Literature 000 Chapter One: Biblical Apocrypha 000 Introduction: Formation of the Biblical Canon 000 A. New Testament 000 B. Old Testament 000 I. Gospels 000 A. Literary Genre 000 B. Protoevangelium of James 000 C. Coptic Gospel of Thomas 000 D. Epistle of the Apostles 000 E. Gospel of Nicodemus 000 II. Acts of the Apostles 000 A. Literary Genre 000 B. Acts of Peter 000 C. Acts of Paul 000 III. Letters 000 A. Literary Genre 000 B. Letter of Barnabas 000 IV. Apocalypses 000 A. Literary Genre 000 B. Shepherd of Hermas 000 C. Christian Sibyllines 000 Chapter Two: Postapostolic Literature 000 I. Letters 000 A. First Clement 000 B. Letters of Ignatius of Antioch 000 C. Letters of Polycarp of Smyrna 000 II. Community Texts 000 A. Papias Fragments 000 B. Didache 000 III. The Oldest Sermon: Second Clement 000 IV. Beginnings of Christian Poetry: Odes of Solomon 000 Part Two Literature of the Period of Persecution (Mid-Second to Early Fourth Centuries) Introduction: The Impact of Persecution 000 Chapter Three: Greek Literature 000 Introduction: Christian Greek 000 I. Greek Apologists 000 A. Diognetus 000 B. Justin Martyr 000 1. First Apology 000 2. Second Apology 000 3. Dialogue with Trypho 000 Excursus 1: Dialogue as a Genre in Antiquity and Christianity 000 C. Tatian of Syria 000 1. Oratio ad Graecos 000 2. Diatessaron 000 D. Athenagoras 000 1. Legatio pro Christianis 000 2. De resurrectione 000 II. Pascal Sermon of Melito of Sardis 000 III. Accounts of Martyrdom 000 A. Acta 000 1. Acta Justini 000 2. Acts of the Martyrs of Scilli 000 3. Acta Cypriani 000 B. Martyria and Passiones 000 1. Martyrdom of Polycarp 000 2. Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyon 000 3. Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis 000 IV. Heretical and Antiheretical Literature 000 Introduction: Orthodoxy and Heresy in the Early Church 000 A. Heretical Currents 000 1. Gnosticism 000 a. Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi 000 b. Basilides 000 c. Valentinus 000 2. Marcion 000 3. Montanism 000 4. Monarchianism 000 B. Orthodox Responses 000 1. Irenaeus of Lyon 000 a. Adversus haereses 000 b. Epideixis tou apostolikou kÇrygmatos 000 2. Hippolytus of Rome 000 a. Refutatio omnium haeresium 000 b. Traditio apostolica 000 V. Beginnings of Christian Schools 000 A. Philo of Alexandria 000 B. Clement of Alexandria 000 1. Protrepticus 000 2. Paedagogus 000 3. Stromata 000 C. Origen 000 1. Exegetical Writings 000 2. Spiritual Theology 000 3. De principiis (On First Principles) 000 4. Contra Celsum 000 5. Disputes regarding Origen 000 Chapter Four: Beginnings of Latin Literature 000 Introduction: Christian Latin 000 I. Earliest Latin Translations of the Bible 000 II. Tertullian 000 A. Ad nationes and Apologeticus 000 B. De anima 000 C. De praescriptione haereticorum 000 D. Adversus Marcionem 000 E. Adversus Praxean 000 III. Minucius Felix 000 IV. Cyprian of Carthage 000 A. De lapsis 000 B. De catholicae ecclesiae unitate 000 C. Corpus of Letters 000 Excursus 2: Letters in Antiquity and Christianity 000 1. Private Letters 000 2. Literary Letters 000 3. Letters in Christianity 000 4. Ancient Epistolary Theory 000 V. Novatian 000 - De trinitate 000 VI. Lactantius 000 - Divinae institutiones and Epitome divinarum institutionum 000 Part Three Literature of the Ascending Imperial Church (Early Fourth Century to ca. 430) Introduction: Essential Features of the History of the Fourth Century 000 I. Political History 000 Introduction: Sacral Notion of the Empire 000 A. Constantine the Great (306/324-337) 000 B. Constantine's Sons (337-361) 000 1. Era of Coregency (337-353) 000 2. Constantius II as Sole Ruler (353-361) 000 C. Julian the Apostate (361-363) and Jovian (363-364) 000 D. Valentinian (364-375) and Valens (364-378) 000 E. Theodosius the Great (379/388-395) 000 II. Church History 000 A. Patriarchates 000 1. Alexandria 000 2. Antioch 000 a. From Eustathius (324-ca. 327) to Eudoxius (359) 000 b. Meletian Schism 000 3. Constantinople 000 4. Rome 000 B. Synods 000 1. To the Synod of Antioch (341) 000 2. Synod of Serdica (343) 000 3. From Antioch (344) to Sirmium (351): Photinianism 000 4. From Antioch (352) to Sirmium (357) 000 5. Ancyra (358) and the Double Synod of Ariminum/Seleucia (359) 000 6. Alexandria (362) 000 III. Theology 000 A. Anomoeans (Arians, Neo-Arians, Eunomians) 000 B. Homoousians (Nicenes) 000 C. Homoiousians (Eusebians, Semi-Arians) 000 D. Homoeans 000 Chapter Five: First Phase of Arianism 000 I. Eusebius of Caesarea 000 Introduction: Christian Chronography and Theological History 000 A. Chronicle 000 B. Biblical and Exegetical Works 000 C. Apologetic Works 000 D. Ecclesiastical History 000 E. Vita Constantini 000 II. Arius 000 III. Council of Nicea (325) 000 A. Symbolum 000 B. Easter Decree 000 C. Canons 000 D. Synodal Letter 000 IV. Athanasius 000 - Works 000 V. Hilary of Poitiers 000 A. De trinitate 000 B. Exegetical Works 000 Chapter Six: The Second Phase of Arianism and Apollinarianism 000 I. Apollinaris of Laodicea 000 A. Works 000 B. Christology 000 II. The "Three Great Cappadocians" 000 Introduction: Their Families and Joint Significance 000 A. Basil the Great 000 1. Contra Eunomium 000 2. De Spiritu Sancto 000 3. Letters 000 B. Gregory of Nyssa 000 1. Works, Philosophy, and Theology 000 2. Continuing Influence and History of Research 000 C. Gregory of Nazianzus 000 1. Poetry 000 2. Orations 000 3. Letters 000 III. Council of Constantinople (381) 000 A. Symbolum 000 B. Tomus and Canones 000 Chapter Seven: Pastors, Exegetes, and Ascetics 000 I. Cyril of Jerusalem 000 - Catecheses 000 Excursus 3: Christian Initiation 000 II. Epiphanius of Constantia (Salamis) 000 A. Ancoratus 000 B. Panarion 000 III. Ambrose 000 A. Exegetical Work 000 B. Catechetical Writings 000 C. Hymns 000 IV. Diodore of Tarsus 000 - Theology and Exegesis 000 V. Theodore of Mopsuestia 000 A. Exegesis 000 B. Theology 000 C. Catechesis 000 VI. John Chrysostom 000 A. De sacerdotio 000 B. Homilies on the Statues 000 C. Baptismal Catecheses 000 VII. Rufinus of Concordia (Aquileia) 000 VIII. Jerome 000 A. Bible Translations 000 B. De viris illustribus 000 C. Corpus of Letters 000 Chapter Eight: Monastic and Hagiographic Literature 000 I. Monastic Rules 000 A. Rule of Pachomius 000 B. Rules of Basil the Great 000 C. Augustine's Monastic Writings 000 1. Rules 000 2. De opere monachorum 000 II. Monastic Literature 000 A. Evagrius Ponticus 000 B. Symeon of Mesopotamia (Macarius) 000 C. John Cassian 000 1. De institutis coenobiorum 000 2. Collationes 000 3. Spiritual Theology 000 III. Lives and Histories of Saints 000 - Vita Antonii 000 IV. Itineraries 000 - Itinerarium Egeriae 000 Chapter Nine: Augustine of Hippo 000 I. Biography, Literary Activity, and Essential Features of His Thought 000 A. Preconversion 000 1. Youth and Education 000 2. In Search of the "True Philosophy": Father of a Family and Manichaean 000 3. Rhetor in Rome and Milan: Sceptic and Platonist 000 4. Philosophy and Christianity 000 B. From Baptism to Ordination 000 1. Christianae vitae otium in Cassiciacum and the Catechumenate 000 2. Monastic Community in Thagaste 000 3. Ordination to the Priesthood in Hippo 000 C. Priest and Bishop of Hippo 000 1. Pastor, Ecclesiastical Politician, Theologian, and Ascetic 000 2. Controversies and Their Theology 000 a. Manichaeism: Unde malum? 000 b. Donatism: Ecclesiology and Doctrine of Sacraments 000 c. Pelagianism: Doctrine of Grace and Predestination 000 1) Pelagius 000 2) Julian of Eclanum 000 3) Monks of Hadrumetum and Massilia 000 d. Arianism 000 e. Leporius: A Case of "Pre-Nestorianism" 000 3. Choice of Successor and Death 000 II. Outstanding Works and Their Theology 000 A. Confessiones 000 B. Biblical Exegesis and Understanding of Scripture 000 C. Christology and Soteriology 000 D. De trinitate 000 E. De civitate Dei 000 F. Enchiridion and De doctrina christiana 000 List of Works (Chronology, Editions, English Translations, Commentaries) 000 Part Four Literature of the Transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages (ca. 430 to the Mid-Eighth Century) Introduction: Retrospective Collections and Progressive Works 000 Chapter Ten: Theological Controversies of the Fifth Century 000 I. Nestorius, Cyril of Alexandria, and the Council of Ephesus (431) 000 A. Works and Theology of Nestorius 000 B. Council Records 000 C. Works and Theology of Cyril of Alexandria 000 II. Theodoret of Cyrus 000 A. Exegetical Works 000 B. Eranistes and the Christology of Theodoret 000 C. Ecclesiastical History 000 III. Leo the Great 000 - Tomus ad Flavianum and Leo's Christology 000 IV. Council of Chalcedon (451) 000 A. Symbolum 000 B. Canons and the Synodal Letter 000 Chapter Eleven: Literature of the Latin West 000 I. Salvian of Marseilles 000 - De gubernatione Dei 000 II. Boethius 000 - De consolatione philosophiae 000 III. Cassiodorus 000 - Works and Significance 000 IV. Benedict of Nursia 000 - Rule 000 V. Gregory the Great 000 A. Moralia in Job 000 B. Regula pastoralis 000 C. Dialogi (Dialogues) 000 D. Registrum epistularum 000 VI. Gregory of Tours 000 - Historia Francorum and Libri miraculorum 000 VII. Isidore of Seville 000 - Etymologiae and Sententiae 000 Chapter Twelve: Literature of the Greek East 000 I. Catenas 000 II. Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite 000 - Works and Theology 000 III. Maximus the Confessor 000 - Works and Theology 000 IV. John of Damascus 000 - Discourses Concerning Images 000 Part Five Literature of the Christian East Chapter Thirteen: Independent Bodies of Literature 000 I. Syriac Literature 000 A. Aphraates 000 B. Ephraem Syrus 000 II. Coptic Literature 000 - Shenoute of Atripe 000 III. Ethiopic Literature 000 IV. Armenian Literature 000 V. Georgian Literature 000 VI. Arabic Literature 000 VII. Paleoslavic Literature 000 Supplementary Bibliography, 2001-2005 Indices 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Fathers of the church -- History and criticism.
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Sources.
Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.