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Through this "Handbook of Patristic Exegesis", the reader will obtain a balanced and cohesive picture of the Early Church. It gives an overall view of the reception, transmission, and interpretation of the Bible in the life and thought of the Church during the first five centuries of Christianity, the so-called patristic era. The handbook offers the context and presuppositions necessary for understanding the development of the interpretative traditions of the Early Church, in its catechesis, its liturgy and as a foundation of its systems of theology. The handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the history of patristic exegesis. Apart from a general introduction to the major topics in this field, it contains essays by leading patristic scholars on the most important Church Fathers, such as Augustine, Irenaeus, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and others. The essays are supplemented by bibliographies of editions and studies on patristic exegesis published from 1945 until 1995. Together, these bibliographies form the only comprehensive bibliography presently available on this topic. They are now available in one volume. This one volume edition is an unabridged version of the two volume edition that was published in 2004 (no longer available).

Fathers of the church --- Christianity --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Church fathers --- Patristics --- Philosophy, Patristic --- Christians --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- History

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Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Stellungnahmen dreier bedeutender altkirchlicher Autoren zur Frage nach der Haltung des vorkonstantinischen Christentums zum Heeresdienst von Christen: Tertullian, Origenes und Clemens Alexandrinus. Dabei gilt das besondere Augenmerk ihrer Interpretation vor dem Hintergrund der Konventionen antiker Rhetorik und im Rahmen ihres jeweiligen argumentativen Gesamtzusammenhangs. Es zeigt sich am Beispiel der behandelten Autoren, dass es im Christentum der Jahre zwischen 200-250 n. Chr. eine lebhafte Diskussion gab, ob Christen Soldaten und Soldaten Christen werden durften. Dabei erweisen sich die konkreten Aussagen jedes Autors als rhetorisch reflektiert und inhaltlich auf die jeweils vorliegende Diskussion, in die er verwickelt ist, zugespitzt. Sie müssen daher unter Berücksichtigung dieser Gesprächssituation sowie der Konventionen antiker Rhetorik behutsam nach möglicherweise dahinter stehenden, allgemeinen Positionen befragt werden. Insgesamt werden vielfältige Positionen und Argumente erkennbar und zugleich wird deutlich, wie das Christentum um seine Standortbestimmung innerhalb des römischen Reiches ringt. This study examines the attitude of three important pre-Constantinian Church authors on the issue of military service by Christians. During their era, there were growing numbers of Christians in the army, and discussions began in their communities as to whether this was consistent with Christian beliefs. Many positions and arguments emerged. At the same time, the study shows how Christianity struggled to find its position within the Roman Empire.

Christianity --- Rome --- Army --- Religious life. --- History --- Pre-constantinian Christianity. --- Roman army. --- ancient rhetoric. --- church fathers. --- Religions --- Church history --- Europe

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Philosophy, Medieval --- Fathers of the church --- Pères de l'Église. --- Philosophie médiévale. --- Fathers of the church. --- Philosophy, Medieval. --- Medieval philosophy --- Scholasticism --- Church fathers --- Patristics --- Philosophy, Patristic --- Christians

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Anders Cullhed’s study The Shadow of Creusa explores the early Christian confrontation with pagan culture as a remote anticipation of many later clashes between religious orthodoxy and literary fictionality. After a careful survey of Saint Augustine’s critical attitudes to ancient myth and poetry, summarized as a long drawn-out farewell, Cullhed examines other Late Antique dismissals as well as appropriations of the classical heritage. Macrobius, Martianus Capella and Boethius figure among the Late Antique intellectuals who attempted to save or even restore the old mythology by means of allegorical representation. On the other hand, pious poets such as Paulinus of Nola and Bible epic writers such as Iuvencus or Avitus of Vienne turned against pagan lies, and the mighty arch-bishop of Milan, Saint Ambrose, played off unconditional Christian truth against the last Roman strongholds of cultural pluralism. Thus, The Shadow of Creusa elucidates a cultural conflict which was to leave traces all through the Middle Ages and reach down to our present day.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern --- Literary form --- Literature, Medieval --- Fiction --- Hermeneutics --- History and criticism. --- History --- Classical influences. --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Early works to 1800. --- Christianity. --- Latin literature --- Allegory. --- Late Antiquity. --- fictionality. --- the Church Fathers.

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Jean-Louis Quantin shows how the appeal to Christian antiquity played a key role in the construction of a new confessional identity, 'Anglicanism', maintaining that theologians of the Church of England came to consider that their Church occupied a unique position, because it alone was faithful to the beliefs and practices of the Church Fathers. - ;Today, the statement that Anglicans are fond of the Fathers and keen on patristic studies looks like a platitude. Like many platitudes, it is much less obvious than one might think. Indeed, it has a long and complex history. Jean-Louis Quantin shows

Fathers of the church. --- Church fathers --- Patristics --- Philosophy, Patristic --- Christians --- Church of England --- United Church of England and Ireland --- Anglican Church --- Anglikanskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Ecclesia Anglicana --- Kirche von England --- Doctrines --- History --- Fathers of the church --- 283*15 --- 283*15 Anglicanisme:--17de eeuw --- Anglicanisme:--17de eeuw