Praise for “The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics” Ken Parry has led a first class team of experts in producing this excellent Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics. It advances on the several fine Patrologies already existing to focus critical attention on the issue of how the patristic mindset was received over the ages. Required reading for all serious theologians and historians. John A McGuckin, Nielsen Professor of Byzantine Church History This is a welcome addition to the field as it is the first time that such a volume has sought to give equal weight to both the Eastern and Western Church traditions. It offers a com- prehensive and balanced picture by including material that has long remained obscure because it is primarily known from Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian and Syriac sources, rather than privileging the works of more widely known authors utilis- ing Greek and Latin. At a time when many Eastern Christian traditions are increasingly endangered it becomes even more important to bring knowledge of these writings to the forefront of contemporary scholarship. Emma Loosley, University of Exeter I applaud Ken Parry and his expert collaborators for providing ground-breaking new insights into the lives and writings of a wide representation of Fathers, including those who lived beyond the borders of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. Never have I been so persuasively reminded of the importance and enduring significance of the Fathers for contemporary Christianity. This Companion is an indispensable resource for all who truly want to understand and utilize the rich legacy which the Fathers have left us. William Tabbernee, Past President, North American Patristics Society The Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion The Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion series presents a collection of the most recent schol- arship and knowledge about world religions. 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BR60.A65W55 2015 270.1–dc23 2015006384 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover image: Fresco showing the Communion of the Apostles, 1295–1313, St George’s Church, Staro Nagoricino, Macedonia. Photo: akg-images / Andrea Jemolo Cover design by Design Deluxe Set in 10/12.5pt Photina by SPi Global, Pondicherry, India 1 2015 To Mike and Eleni whose father I am proud to be Contents Preface x Notes on Contributors xi Part I Introduction 1 1 The Nature and Scope of Patristics 3 Ken Parry Part II Collecting the Fathers 13 2 Byzantine Florilegia 15 Alexander Alexakis 3 Modern Patrologies 51 Angelo Di Berardino Part III Studies in Reception History I: Individual Fathers 69 4 Irenaeus of Lyons 71 Denis Minns 5 Clement of Alexandria 84 Piotr Ashwin‐Siejkowski 6 Origen of Alexandria 98 Mark Edwards 7 Athanasius of Alexandria 111 David M. Gwynn 8 Ephrem of Nisibis 126 Andrew Palmer 9 John Chrysostom 141 Wendy Mayer viii CONTENTS 10 Augustine of Hippo 155 Kazuhiko Demura 11 Cyril of Alexandria 170 Hans van Loon 12 Shenoute of Atripe 184 Janet Timbie 13 Nestorius of Constantinople 197 George Bevan 14 Dionysius the Areopagite 211 István Perczel 15 Severus of Antioch 226 Youhanna Nessim Youssef 16 Gregory the Great 238 Bronwen Neil 17 Maximos the Confessor 250 Andrew Louth 18 John of Damascus 264 Vassilis Adrahtas 19 Gregory of Narek 278 Abraham Terian 20 Gregory Palamas 293 Marcus Plested Part IV Studies in Reception History II: Collective Fathers 307 21 The Cappadocian Fathers 309 H. Ashley Hall 22 The Desert Fathers and Mothers 326 John Chryssavgis 23 The Iconophile Fathers 338 Vladimir Baranov Part V Studies in the Fathers 353 24 Scripture and the Fathers 355 Paul Blowers 25 Hagiography of the Greek Fathers 370 Stephanos Efthymiadis CONTENTS ix 26 Liturgies and the Fathers 385 Hugh Wybrew 27 Fathers and the Church Councils 400 Richard Price 28 The Fathers and Scholasticism 414 James R. Ginther 29 The Fathers and the Reformation 428 Irena Backus 30 The Fathers in Arabic 442 Alexander Treiger 31 The Greek of the Fathers 456 Klaas Bentein 32 The Latin of the Fathers 471 Carolinne White 33 Reimagining Patristics: Critical Theory as a Lens 487 Kim Haines‐Eitzen Index 497 Preface I should like to thank members of the Patristic Forum at Macquaire University whose participation in discussions over the years has helped shape this Companion to Patristics. Two members of the Forum have contributed chapters to it, and I should like to take this opportunity to thank them and the rest of the contributors for agreeing to accept my invitation to participate. It has been a privilege and an honor to work with such a distinguished group of scholars, and I have learned a great deal during the process of reading their chapters and editing this book. It is my wish that our readers will learn as much I have done, and that this Companion will be a real friend to those interested in studying the Fathers. I should also like to thank Rebecca Harkin, publisher, for taking on board my original suggestion for this volume, Peter Lewis, copy editor, Saravanan Purushothaman, project manager, and Annette Musker, indexer, for their work in preparing the manu- script for publication.