Overview

This 1000-page English-language reference work has been produced with the collaboration of 23 scholars from Europe and North America and is intended as a guide to some of the most important developments in the history of the reception of the Church Fathers in the West, from the Carolingians to the Maurists. Particular emphasis is placed on the history of patristic scholarship which, unlike classical scholarship, has tended to be neglected by historians. However, the reception of patristic doctrines and ideas is also included and patristic scholarship is placed in its doctrinal and cultural context. Articles do not confine themselves to summarising what has been done on a particular topic, but also suggest new approaches and areas of research to be opened up. In order to make this volume useful to graduate students and scholars from non-theological disciplines, full relevant bibliographical information is provided. The volume addresses the following general questions: (1) what is meant by the Fathers ; (2) the problems of patristic as opposed to Scriptural authority; (3) the types (and amount) of patristic material available and the problems of attribution and misattribution; (4) the uses made of the Fathers in constituting a theological doctrine and in response to a doctrinal difference; (5) the abuses made of the Fathers, i.e. overly tendentious or polemical uses; (6) the value of the Greek and Latin Fathers; (7) the use made of the Fathers in defining heresy and orthodoxy. The volume is intended to open up a field of studies and is the first-ever work of its kind. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details. All volumes of the print edition will become available in individual e-books: 9789004540095 (volume 1) - 9789004540118 (volume 2).

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Author:   Irena Backus
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 7.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   2.364kg
ISBN:  

9789004097223

ISBN 10:   9004097228
Pages:   1070
Publication Date:   01 December 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

W. Otten, 'The Texture of Tradition. The Role of the Church Fathers in Carolingian Theology'. J. Werckmeister, 'The Reception of the Church Fathers in Canon Law'. E.A. Matter, 'The Church Fathers and the Glossa ordinaria'. J.-G. Bougerol, 'The Church Fathers and the Sentences of Peter Lombard'. B. Pranger, 'Sic et non. Patristic Authority between Refusal and Acceptance: Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard and Bernard of Clairvaux'. N. Lewis, 'Robert Grosseteste and the Church Fathers'. B. Fleith, 'The Patristic sources of the Legenda aurea. A Research Report'. J.-G. Bougerol, 'The Church Fathers and auctoritates in Scholastic Theology to Bonaventure'. L.J. Elders, 'Thomas Aquinas and the Fathers of the Church'. E.L. Saak, 'The Reception of Augustine in the Later Middle Ages'. N. Staubach, 'Memores priscae perfectionis.The Importance of the Church Fathers for Devotio moderna'. C. Stinger, 'Italian Renaissance Learning and the Church Fathers'. D. Rutherford, 'Gratian's Decretum as a source of Patristic Knowledge in the Italian Renaissance. The example of Timoteo Maffei's In sanctam rusticitatem (1454)'. J. den Boeft, 'Erasmus and the Church Fathers'. M. Schulze, 'Martin Luther and the Church Fathers'. I. Backus, 'Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Bucer and the Church Fathers'. J. van Oort, 'Calvin and the Church Fathers'. R. Keen, 'The Fathers in Counter-Reformation Theology in the Pre-Tridentine Period'. E. Norelli, 'The Authority attributed to the Early Church in the Centuries of Magdeburg and in the Ecclesiastical Annals of Caesar Baronius'. M. Vessey, 'English translations of the Latin Fathers, 1517-1611'. I. Backus and E.P. Meijering, 'The Fathers in Calvinist Orthodoxy: Patristic Scholarship and Systematic Theology'. D. Bertrand, 'The Society of Jesus and the Church Fathers in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century'. J.L. Quantin, 'The Fathers in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Roman Catholic Theology'. J.L. Quantin, 'The Fathers in Seventeenth and Eighteenth century Anglican Theology'. O. Hurel, 'The Benedicts of the Congregation of St. Maur and the Church Fathers'.

Reviews

Twenty-six learned papers of high quality...[a] fine book...<br>Henry Chadwick, Journal of Ecclesiastical History.<br>'.. .these are volumes that should find a place on the shelves of everey research library.'<br>Mickey L. Mattox, Church History, 1999.<br>' The scholarly community will appreciate Irena Backus's editorial work for these two helpful volumes which should be in every library.'<br>Markus Wriedt, Sixteenth Century Journal, 1999.<br>' This work can become a classic as a starting point for further research.'<br>Martin Parmentier, Bijdragen, tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie, 2000.<br>

'Twenty-six learned papers of high quality...[a] fine book...' Henry Chadwick, Journal of Ecclesiastical History. '...these are volumes that should find a place on the shelves of everey research library.' Mickey L. Mattox, Church History, 1999. 'The scholarly community will appreciate Irena Backus's editorial work for these two helpful volumes which should be in every library.' Markus Wriedt, Sixteenth Century Journal, 1999. 'This work can become a classic as a starting point for further research.' Martin Parmentier, Bijdragen, tijdschrift voor filosofie en theologie, 2000.

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