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Bardenhewer: Patrology

Otto Bardenhewer · translated by Thomas J. Shahan · translation 1908

The lives and works of the Fathers of the Church: what each wrote, what survives and in what editions.

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From the opening: From the Middle of the Fifth Century to the End of the Patristic Age

Greek Writers

§ 99. Writers of the second half of the fifth century 531

§ 100. Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita . . . . . . . 535

§ 101. Procopius of Gaza and Aeneas of Gaza . . . . . . 541

§ 102. Leontius of Byzantium and the emperor Justinian . . . . 544

§ 103. Historians and Geographers . . . . . . . . 552

Hagiographers .....

Exegetes. Canonists. Ascetics ........

§ 107. Dogmatic and polemical writers . . . . . , . ' . . >. 574

§ .Io8- St. John of Damascus . . 582

Armenian Writers

§ 109. Sketch of the early Armenian ecclesiastical literature . . . 589

Latin Writers

§ in. Faustus of Reji . . . 600

§ 112. Other Gallic writers . ....... 605

Irish, Spanish, and African writers .......

§ 114. Italian writers . . . . . . . . . . 620

Boethius and Cassiodorius ........

§ 116. Writers in the Three Chapters controversy ..... 638

§ 117. St. Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunatus .... 643

Pope St. Gregory the Great ........

§ 119. St. Martin of Bracara and St. Isidore of Seville .... 658

§ i. Notion and Purpose of Patrology.

I. THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH. The word Patrology (xarpo- Ao-fio.) dates from the seventeenth century, and denoted originally the science of the lives and writings of the Fathers of the Church. «Fathers of the Church» or simply «Fathers» was the title of honour mven to the ecclesiastical writers in the first' era of the Church.

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Its use can be recognized as far back as the fifth century. In modern times the explanation of the term has been sought in the similarity of the relationship existing between a teacher and his dis ciple to that which is found between father and son; an inter pretation apparently confirmed by such biblical parallels as the «sons of the prophets » in the Old Testament, and by passages in the New like I Cor. iv. 14. It fails, however, to do justice to the historical development of the name « Fathers ». In reality, this was trans ferred from the bishops of the primitive Church to contemporaneous ecclesiastical writers. In the earlier centuries, by a metaphor easily understood, the bishop, in his quality of head or superior, was ad dressed as «Father» or «Holy Father» (e. g. Mart. S. Polyc. 12, 2: o 7zarf]f) ro>y %ptaTta.va)v; and the inscription «Cypriano papae or papati» , Cypr. Ep. 30 31 36). The authority of the bishop was both disciplinary and doctrinal. He was the depositary of the teaching office of the Church, and in matters of doubt or of contro versy it was his duty to decide, as…

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Contents (212 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. Title page
  3. All Rights Reserved
  4. Preface (continued)
  5. Preface (continued)
  6. Translator's Preface
  7. Translator's Preface (continued)
  8. Introduction
  9. First Section. Primitive Ecclesiastical Literature
  10. Second Section. the Apologetic Literature of the Second Century
  11. The Heretical Literature of the Second Century and the New Testament Apocrypha
  12. The Anti-Heretical Literature of the Second
  13. The Anti-Heretical Literature of the Second (continued)
  14. A. The Alexandrines
  15. B. Syro-Palestinians
  16. C. Writers of Asia Minor
  17. The Western Writers
  18. A. African Writers
  19. C. Other Western Writers
  20. Appendix
  21. From the Beginning of the Fourth to the Middle of the Fifth Century
  22. From the Middle of the Fifth Century to the End of the Patristic Age
  23. § 1. Notion and Purpose of Patrology
  24. § 1. Notion and Purpose of Patrology (continued)
  25. § 2. History and Literature of Patrology
  26. § 2. History and Literature of Patrology (continued)
  27. § 3. Literary Collections
  28. Primitive Ecclesiastical Literature
  29. First Period. First Section
  30. § 5. The Apostles' Creed (Symbolum Apostolicum)
  31. § 6. The Didache or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
  32. § 6. The Didache or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (continued)
  33. § 7. The So-Called Epistle of Barnabas
  34. § 7. The So-Called Epistle of Barnabas (continued)
  35. § 9. Ignatius of Antioch
  36. § 9. Ignatius of Antioch (continued)
  37. § 10. Polycarp of Smyrna
  38. § 10. Polycarp of Smyrna (continued)
  39. § 11. The Shepherd of Hermas
  40. § 12. Papias of Hierapolis
  41. First Period. Second Section
  42. The Apologetic Literature of the Second
  43. § 15. Aristides of Athens
  44. § 18. Tatian the Assyrian
  45. § 18. Tatian the Assyrian (continued)
  46. § 19. Miltiades. Apollinaris of Hierapolis. Melito of Sardes
  47. § 19. Miltiades. Apollinaris of Hierapolis. Melito of Sardes (continued)
  48. § 21. Theophilus of Antioch
  49. § 21. Theophilus of Antioch (continued)
  50. First Period. Third Section
  51. The Heretical Literature of the Second Century and the New Testament Apocrypha
  52. § 26. The Judaistic Literature
  53. § 26. The Judaistic Literature (continued)
  54. § 27. The Montanist Literature. § 28. the New Testament Apocrypha
  55. § 28. The New Testament Apocrypha
  56. § 28. The New Testament Apocrypha (continued)
  57. § 28. The New Testament Apocrypha (continued)
  58. § 28. The New Testament Apocrypha (continued)
  59. First Period. Fourth Section
  60. The Anti-Heretical Literature of the Second
  61. § 33. Anti-Gnostics. Their Lost Works. I
  62. § 34. Irenaeus of Lyons
  63. § 34. Irenaeus of Lyons (continued)
  64. § 35. Anti-Montanists
  65. § 36. Writings of Ecclesiastical Authorities and Synods
  66. First Period. Fifth Section
  67. First Period. Fifth Section (continued)
  68. A. The Alexandrines
  69. A. The Alexandrines (continued)
  70. § 40. Dionysius of Alexandria
  71. § 4. Dionysius of Alexandria. I
  72. § 41. Later Headmasters of the Catechetical School of Alexandria
  73. § 41. Later Headmasters of the Catechetical School of Alexandria (continued)
  74. § 42. The So-Called Apostolic Church-Ordinance
  75. § 44. Paul of Samosata, Malchion of Antioch, Lucian of Samosata
  76. § 45. Pamphilus of Caesarea and the Dialogus de Recta in Deum Fide
  77. § 46. The Didascalia Apostolorum
  78. § 47. Stgregory Thaumaturgus (the Wonder-Worker)
  79. § 47. Stgregory Thaumaturgus (the Wonder-Worker) (continued)
  80. § 47. Stgregory Thaumaturgus (the Wonder-Worker) (continued)
  81. § 48. St. Methodius of Olympus
  82. A. African Writers
  83. A. African Writers (continued)
  84. A. African Writers (continued)
  85. A. African Writers (continued)
  86. C. Other Western Writers
  87. § 58. Victorinus of Pettau and Reticius of Autun
  88. Appendix
  89. Appendix (continued)
  90. § 59. The Acts of the Martyrs
  91. § 59. The Acts of the Martyrs (continued)
  92. From the Beginning of the Fourth to the Middle of the Fifth Century
  93. Second Period. First Section
  94. § 61. Arianism, Macedonianism, Sabellianism, Apollinarianism
  95. § 61. Arianism, Macedonianism, Sabellianism, Apollinarianism (continued)
  96. § 61. Arianism, Macedonianism, Sabellianism, Apollinarianism (continued)
  97. § 62. Eusebius of Caesarea
  98. § 62. Eusebius of Caesarea (continued)
  99. § 62. Eusebius of Caesarea (continued)
  100. § 6. Collected Works of Eusebius. Translations. Literature on
  101. § 6. Collected Works of Eusebius. Translations. Literature on (continued)
  102. § 8. Separate Editions and Special Researches (Continued)
  103. § 9. Complete Editions. Translations. Critical Studies. — the
  104. § 9. Complete Editions. Translations. Critical Studies. — the (continued)
  105. § 64. The Representatives of Egyptian Monachism
  106. § 64. The Representatives of Egyptian Monachism (continued)
  107. § 65. Anti-Manichaean Writers
  108. § 65. Anti-Manichaean Writers (continued)
  109. § 65. Anti-Manichaean Writers (continued)
  110. § 66. St. Cyril of Jerusalem. 2/3 (continued)
  111. § 68. St. Gregory of Nazianzus, the Theologian
  112. § 68. St. Gregory of Nazianzus, the Theologian (continued)
  113. § 68. St. Gregory of Nazianzus, the Theologian (continued)
  114. § 68. St. Gregory of Nazianzus, the Theologian (continued)
  115. § 10. Ancient Commentaries on the Orations and Poems of Gregory
  116. § 11. Spurious Works. Asterius of Amasea. Nemesius of Emesa
  117. § 11. Spurious Works. Asterius of Amasea. Nemesius of Emesa (continued)
  118. § 11. Spurious Works. Asterius of Amasea. Nemesius of Emesa (continued)
  119. § 11. Spurious Works. Asterius of Amasea. Nemesius of Emesa (continued)
  120. § 72. Diodorus of Tarsus
  121. § 73. Theodore of Mopsuestia
  122. § 73. Theodore of Mopsuestia (continued)
  123. § 73. Theodore of Mopsuestia (continued)
  124. § 73. Theodore of Mopsuestia (continued)
  125. § 74. Acacius of Beroea. Severianus of Gabala. Antiochus of Ptolemais
  126. § 18. Palladius. Atticus of Constantinople. Constantius of an
  127. § 76. Synesius of Cyrene
  128. § 9. Complete Editions. Separate Editions. Translations. - - the
  129. § 79. Other Writers of the First Half of the Fifth Century
  130. § 79. Other Writers of the First Half of the Fifth Century (continued)
  131. § 79. Other Writers of the First Half of the Fifth Century (continued)
  132. § 79. Other Writers of the First Half of the Fifth Century (continued)
  133. Second Period. Second Section
  134. § 5. The Roman Edition of the Works of Saint Ephraem. Supplement
  135. Second Period. Third Section
  136. § 85. Firmicus Maternus
  137. § 7. Complete and Partial Editions. Versions and Recensions
  138. § 87. Other Opponents of Arianism
  139. § 87. Other Opponents of Arianism (continued)
  140. § 87. Other Opponents of Arianism (continued)
  141. § 89. Schisms and Heresies; Their Defenders and Opponents
  142. § 89. Schisms and Heresies; Their Defenders and Opponents (continued)
  143. § 89. Schisms and Heresies; Their Defenders and Opponents (continued)
  144. § 89. Schisms and Heresies; Their Defenders and Opponents (continued)
  145. § 91. Prudentius and Paulinus
  146. § 91. Prudentius and Paulinus (continued)
  147. § 92. St. Sulpicius Severus and Tyrannius Rufinus
  148. § 92. St. Sulpicius Severus and Tyrannius Rufinus (continued)
  149. § 92. St. Sulpicius Severus and Tyrannius Rufinus (continued)
  150. § 13. Editions, Versions, and Recensions of Separate Works
  151. § 14. Editions and Recensions of Separate Works (Continued)
  152. § 6. Dogmaticopolemical Writings (Continued). Anti
  153. § 6. Dogmaticopolemical Writings (Continued). Anti (continued)
  154. § 16. Separate Editions. Translations. Recensions (Continued)
  155. § 17. Separate Editions. Translations, Recensions (Continued)
  156. § 95. Friends and Disciples of St. Augustine
  157. § 95. Friends and Disciples of St. Augustine (continued)
  158. § 95. Friends and Disciples of St. Augustine (continued)
  159. § 97. Pope St. Leo the Great and Other Italian Writers
  160. § 97. Pope St. Leo the Great and Other Italian Writers (continued)
  161. § 97. Pope Stleo the Great and Other Italian Writers
  162. From the Middle of the Fifth Century to the End of the Patristic Age
  163. Third Period. First Section
  164. § 99. Writers of the Second Half of the Fifth Century
  165. § 99. Writers of the Second Half of the Fifth Century (continued)
  166. § 100. Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita
  167. § 100. Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita (continued)
  168. § 101. Procopius of Gaza and Aeneas of Gaza
  169. § 101. Procopius of Gaza and Aeneas of Gaza (continued)
  170. § 102. Leontius of Byzantium and the Emperor Justinian
  171. § 2. Works on Leontius of Byzantium. Severus of Antioch. Johannes
  172. § 102. Leontius of Byzantium and the Emperor Justinian
  173. § 102. Leontius of Byzantium and the Emperor Justinian (continued)
  174. § 102. Leontius of Byzantium and the Emperor Justinian (continued)
  175. § 103. Historians and Geographers
  176. § 103. Historians and Geographers (continued)
  177. § 103. Historians and Geographers (continued)
  178. § 107. Dogmatic and Polemical Writers
  179. § 107. Dogmatic and Polemical Writers (continued)
  180. § 107. Dogmatic and Polemical Writers (continued)
  181. § 107. Dogmatic and Polemical Writers (continued)
  182. § 108. St. John of Damascus
  183. § 108. St. John of Damascus (continued)
  184. § 108. St. John of Damascus (continued)
  185. § 109. Sketch of the Early Armenian Ecclesiastical Literature
  186. § 109. Sketch of the Early Armenian Ecclesiastical Literature (continued)
  187. § 109. Sketch of the Early Armenian Ecclesiastical Literature (continued)
  188. § 109. Sketch of the Early Armenian Ecclesiastical Literature (continued)
  189. Third Period. Third Section
  190. § 111. Faustus of Reji
  191. § 111. Faustus of Reji (continued)
  192. § 111. Faustus of Reji (continued)
  193. § 112. Other Gallic Writers
  194. § 112. Other Gallic Writers (continued)
  195. § 112. Other Gallic Writers (continued)
  196. § 112. Other Gallic Writers (continued)
  197. § 112. Other Gallic Writers (continued)
  198. § 112. Other Gallic Writers (continued)
  199. § 116. Writers in the Three Chapters Controversy
  200. § 116. Writers in the Three Chapters Controversy (continued)
  201. § 117. St. Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunatus
  202. § 117. St. Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunatus (continued)
  203. § 117. St. Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunatus (continued)
  204. § 117. St. Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunatus (continued)
  205. § 4. Complete and Partial Editions. Translations. Recensions
  206. § 119. St. Martin of Bracara and St. Isidore of Seville
  207. § 119. St. Martin of Bracara and St. Isidore of Seville (continued)
  208. § 119. St. Martin of Bracara and St. Isidore of Seville (continued)
  209. § 4. Works on Isidore of Seville. Other Spanish Writers. — F
  210. Index
  211. Index (continued)
  212. Index (continued)

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