Klicka på en bild för att gå till Google Book Search.
Laddar... The Fathers of the Churchav Hans von Campenhausen
Ingen/inga Laddar...
Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. NO OF PAGES: 328 SUB CAT I: Early Church History SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: This book traditionally describes the orthodox writers of the early church. The church came to regard these figures as the exponents of divine truth in the age when the church was taking shape. Their interpretations of the early creeds were influential.NOTES: SUBTITLE: A combined edition of "The Fathers of the Greek Church" and "The Fathers of the Latin Church" inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"Hans von Campenhausen's two volumes, The Fathers of the Greek Church and The Fathers of the Latin Church, are combined into one volume in this new edition. "The Fathers of the Church" traditionally describes the orthodox writers of the early church. The church came to regard these figures as the exponents of divine truth in the age when the church was taking shape. Their interpretations of the early creeds of the church were decisively influential for all later theology."--BOOK JACKET."This book contains biographical studies of twelve of the most important of the Greek Fathers and seven of the most important of the Latin Fathers. Professor von Campenhausen-places the Church Fathers in the context of their own times and surroundings and describes their personalities, intellectual aims, and contribution to the church's life or doctrine. This is a wonderful introduction to these influential early Christians for scholar and layperson alike."--BOOK JACKET. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
Pågående diskussionerIngen/inga
Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)270.10922Religions History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity History of Christianity Apostolic; Nativity to ConstantineKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
Är det här du? |
On the Greek side the author writes on Justin, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Eusebius, Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Synesius, John Chrysostom, and Cyril of Alexandria; on the Latin side, he writes on Tertullian, Cyprian, Lactantius, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Boethius.
The author cannot be accused of hiding his bias. One does not walk away wondering what he thinks of, say, Augustine, or Jerome, for good or ill. While the "judgmentalism" might be jarring for the contemporary reader not used to such style, at least he's out with it. The author sees the Greek period as more intellectually robust, more prominent in the earlier centuries, and philosophical, but decries the political machinations which brought down John Chrysostom and perpetrated by Cyril. It was good to see someone else with far more scholarship behind him see the Christological controversy in the middle of the fifth century as more politically than ideologically motivated, that Nestorius would probably not have had much difficulty with the Chalcedonian conclusion, and how Chalcedon tries to have it both ways, honoring Cyril but in substance varying from his premises. He is a good Westerner in terms of his assessment of medieval Orthodoxy. Then again, his Western slant is evident with the comparably far longer biographies given of the fourth century Western divines rather than the Easterners. He is quite open with his views on Jerome's failings (but cannot deny his philological brilliance); even in his fawning portrayal of Augustine the author recognizes the former's dependence on Neoplatonism and the extremes taken in his discussions of divine grace and human freedom. His conclusion regarding Augustine and Boethius, that the medieval church was given an open, unresolved question regarding faith and philosophy, is a bit startling; the Judeo-Christian-Platonist synthesis, while not perfect, is generally seen as fairly robust in early medieval times.
Regardless, a good work to explore a certain perspective on the "church fathers" and their writings. ( )