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Against Marcellus (Hardcover)
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Against Marcellus (Hardcover)
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This is the first English translation of the last two theological
works of Eusebius of Caesarea, Against Marcellus and On
Ecclesiastical Theology. The first text was composed after the
deposition of Marcellus of Ancyra in 336 to justify the action of
the council fathers in ordering the deposition on the grounds of
heresy, contending that Marcellus was "Sabellian" (or modalist) on
the Trinity and a follower of Paul of Samosata (hence adoptionist)
in Christology. Relying heavily upon extensive quotations from a
treatise Marcellus wrote against Asterius the Sophist, this text
provides important information about ecclesiastical politics in the
period before and just after the Council of Nicea, and endeavors to
demonstrate Marcellus's erroneous interpretation of several key
biblical passages that had been under discussion since before the
council. In doing so, Eusebius criticizes Marcellus's inadequate
account of the distinction between the persons of the Trinity,
eschatology, and the Church's teaching about the divine and human
identities of Christ. On Ecclesiastical Theology, composed circa
338/339 just before Eusebius's death, and perhaps in response to
the amnesty for deposed bishops enacted by Constantius after the
death of Constantine in 377 and the possibility of Marcellus's
return to his see, continues to lay out the criticisms initially
put forward in Against Marcellus, again utilizing quotations from
Marcellus's book against Asterius. However, we see in this text a
much more systematic explanation of Eusebius's objections to the
various elements of Marcellus's theology and what he sees as the
proper orthodox articulation of those elements. Long overlooked for
statements at odds with later orthodoxy, even written off as
heretical because allegedly "semi-Arian," recent scholarship has
demonstrated the tremendous influence these texts had on the Greek
theological tradition in the fourth century, especially on the
orthodox understanding of the Trinity. In addition to their
influence, they are some of the few complete texts that we have
from Greek theologians in the immediate period following the
Council of Nicea in 325, thus filling a gap in the materials
available for research and teaching in this critical phase of
theological development.
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