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The Apocalypse or Book of Revelation is one of the most frequently
discussed books of the biblical canon and arguably one of the most
difficult to interpret. This volume contains three texts as
examples of late ancient Christian interpretation of its intriguing
visions. It also includes a comprehensive introduction to each text
by its respective translator. Brief Explanations of the Apocalypse
by Cassiodorus (c. 580), translated by Francis X. Gumerlock from
Latin and published in English for the first time in this volume,
served as an introduction to the Book of Revelation for
Cassiodorus's students at the Vivarium, a monastery in southern
Italy. Cassiodorus divided the Apocalypse into 33 sections,
corresponding to the age of Jesus at his Passion, and expressed his
belief that John's visions were revelations of the end of the
world, including the Second Coming of Christ for judgment, the
defeat of the Antichrist, the general resurrection, and the arrival
of the heavenly Kingdom. Testimonies of Gregory the Great on the
Apocalypse, translated from Latin by Mark DelCogliano and also
published here for the first time in English, is a collection of 55
excerpts on the Apocalypse from the writings of St. Gregory the
Great (d. 604) compiled by an anonymous author. Drawn mainly from
Gregory's Moralia, but also from his Book on Pastoral Care and
homilies, the excerpts, which are arranged from Revelation 1.4 to
22.17, illustrate Gregory's grammatical exegesis of the Apocalypse,
his interpretation of various figures in the Apocalypse, and his
attempt to reconcile certain passages in the Apocalypse with
seemingly contradictory texts from other parts of Scripture. The
anonymous Greek Scholia on the Apocalypse contains 39 exegetical
notes on chapters 1-14 of the Apocalypse, which reveal influences
of Origen and Didymus the Blind, among others. The notes provide
"spiritual" interpretations of the various passages and give
attention to the interpretation of certain words that appear in the
Book of Revelation. This new translation from the Greek by T. C.
Schmidt utilizes all the Greek editions. Furthermore, its
introductory matter contains updates on the Scholia from the latest
scholarship and compares each scholion with interpretations found
in various patristic authors, mainly of Alexandrian heritage.
Eusebius of Caesarea was one of the most significant and voluminous
contributors to the development of late antique literary culture.
Despite his significance, Eusebius has tended to receive attention
more as a source for histories of early Christianity and the
Constantinian empire than as a writer and thinker in his own right.
He was a compiler and copyist of pagan and Christian texts,
collator of a massive chronographical work, commentator on
scriptural texts, author of apologetic, historical, educational,
and biographical works, and custodian of one of the greatest
libraries in the ancient world. As such, Eusebius merits a primary
place in our appreciation of the literary culture of late antiquity
for both his self-conscious conveyance of multiple traditions and
his fostering of innovative literary and intellectual trajectories.
By focusing on the full range of Eusebius's literary corpus, the
collection of essays in Eusebius of Caesarea offers new and
innovative studies that will change the ways classicists,
theologians, and ancient historians think about this major figure.
Gregory the Great was pope from 590 to 604, a time of great turmoil
in Italy and in the western Roman Empire generally because of the
barbarian invasions. Gregory's experience as prefect of the city of
Rome and as apocrisarius of Pope Pelagius fitted him admirably for
the new challenges of the papacy. The Moral Reflections on the Book
of Job were first given to the monks who accompanied Gregory to the
embassy in Constantinople. This first volume of the work contains
books 1-5, accompanied by an introduction by Mark DelCogliano.
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Against Eunomius (Paperback)
Saint Basil of Caesarea; Translated by Mark DelCogliano, Andrew Radde-Gallwitz
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Basil of Caesarea is considered one of the architects of the
Pro-Nicene Trinitarian doctrine adopted at the Council of
Constantinople in 381, which eastern and western Christians to this
day profess as ""orthodox."" Nowhere is his Trinitarian theology
more clearly expressed than in his first major doctrinal work,
Against Eunomius, finished in 364 or 365 CE. Responding to
Eunomius, whose Apology gave renewed impetus to a tradition of
starkly subordinationist Trinitarian theology that would survive
for decades, Basil's Against Eunomius reflects the intense
controversy raging at that time among Christians across the
Mediterranean world over who God is. In this treatise, Basil
attempts to articulate a theology both of God's unitary essence and
of the distinctive features that characterize the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit--a distinction that some hail as the cornerstone of
""Cappadocian"" theology. In Against Eunomius, we see the clash not
simply of two dogmatic positions on the doctrine of the Trinity,
but of two fundamentally opposed theological methods. Basil's
treatise is as much about how theology ought to be done and what
human beings can and cannot know about God as it is about the
exposition of Trinitarian doctrine. Thus Against Eunomius marks a
turning point in the Trinitarian debates of the fourth century, for
the first time addressing the methodological and epistemological
differences that gave rise to theological differences. Amidst the
polemical vitriol of Against Eunomius is a call to epistemological
humility on the part of the theologian, a call to recognize the
limitations of even the best theology. While Basil refined his
theology through the course of his career, Against Eunomius remains
a testament to his early theological development and a privileged
window into the Trinitarian controversies of the mid-fourth
century.
Gregory the Great (+604) was a master of the art of exegesis. His
interpretations are theologically profound, methodologically
fascinating, and historically influential. Nowhere is this more
clearly seen than in his exegesis of the Song of Songs. Gregory's
interpretation of this popular Old Testament book not only owes
much to Christian exegetes who preceded him, such as Origen, but
also profoundly influenced later Western Latin exegetes, such as
Bernard of Clairvaux.This volume includes all that Gregory had to
say on the Song of Songs: his "Exposition on the Song of Songs,"
the florilegia compiled by Paterius (Gregory's secretary) and the
Venerable Bede, and, finally, William of Saint Thierry's "Excerpts
from the Books of Blessed Gregory on the Song of Songs." It is now
the key resource for reading and studying Gregory's interpretation
of the Song of Songs.
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