Overview

The only true apostle of Ireland who more or less converted the country the single-handed? or A Christian bishop from the embattled edge of a crumbling empire? All that can really be known of Patrick comes from his authentic writings - the Confession and the Epistola (Address to the Soldiers of Coroticus). Thomas O'Loughlin's engaging yet scholarly reflections on these fifth-century texts lead us into a greater understanding of the mind of Patrick, the man, believer and missionary.

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Author:   Professor Thomas O'Loughlin
Publisher:   SPCK Publishing
Imprint:   SPCK Publishing
Weight:   0.151kg
ISBN:  

9780281072132

ISBN 10:   0281072132
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   20 February 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1.THE ENIGMA OF PATRICK 1 Someone Foreign? 1 Reading Patrick 3 'The Past is a Foreign Country' 5 Understanding in Tension 7 Reinventions of Patrick 9 Letting Patrick Speak 12 2. PATRICK:LIFE AND TIMES 14 Dates 15 Places and People 19 Sketching in Patrick's Background 21 Patrick’s Christianity 22 Education 25 Ireland at the Time 29 Religion in Ireland before Patrick 31 3. PATRICK'S WORLD 35 A Stranger 36 An Old Man 40 At the Ends of the Earth 42 On the Edge of the Eschaton 44 4. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFESSION 48 The Meaning of Confessio 48 The Translation 50 Scripture Citations and Canon 50 5. PATRICK'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD’S DEALINGS WITH HIM(THECONFESSIO) 52 6. INTRODUCTION TO THE EPISTOLA 90 Apostates 90 Morality and Spirituality 91 Audience 92 7. PATRICK'S ADDRESS TO THE SOLDIERS OF COROTICUS (THEEPISTOLA) 93 FURTHER READING 106 Editions of Patrick in Latin 106 Concordance 106 Translations 106 Historical Context 107 Specialized Studies of Patrick 108 The Patrick Legend 109 Still Further Reading 109 Index of Further Reading 110 INDEX OF PATRICK'S USE OF SCRIPTURE 113

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Thomas O'Loughlin is Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham. He has written extensively on the history of the Christian interpretation of the Scriptures and on the use of the Scriptures in worship.

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