Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Nature and Scope of Patristics -- The Patristic Age -- Patristic Literature -- A Major Modern Father -- The Continuing Tradition -- The Authority of the Fathers -- The Ascetic Orientation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part II Collecting the Fathers -- Chapter 2 Byzantine Florilegia -- Introductory Remarks -- Exegetical Chains (Catenae, Σειραί) -- Spiritual Florilegia -- Dogmatic Florilegia -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Modern Patrologies -- Terminological Questions -- The Recourse to the Fathers -- The Patrologies -- The Patrologies of the Twentieth Century -- The Oriental Patrologies -- Bibliography -- Part III Studies in Reception History I: Individual Fathers -- Chapter 4 Irenaeus of Lyons -- Introductory Remarks -- Writings -- Early Dissemination -- Early Notices, Quotations and Influence -- The Latin Translation of Adversus Haereses and its Manuscripts -- The Armenian Translation of Adversus Haereses and the Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching -- Early Printed Editions of Adversus Haereses, and the Reception of Irenaeus in the Reformation Period -- The Eighteenth Century to the Present Day -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Clement of Alexandria -- Clement's Life and Works -- The Catechetical School and its Significance -- The Main Characteristics of Clement's Theological Pedagogy: The Purpose of Life -- Ambiguous Reception of Clement's Legacy in Late Antiquity -- Clement of Alexandria and Modern Scholarship -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Origen of Alexandria -- Introduction -- The First Assault -- Nicaea and After -- Oecumenical Condemnation -- Renaissance and Reformation -- The Modern Age -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Athanasius of Alexandria -- Introduction -- Life and Writings.

East and West in the First Millennium -- From Scholasticism to the Reformation -- From the Reformation to the Modern Age -- Athanasius in the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 Ephrem of Nisibis -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Syriac and Modern Western Worlds -- Part 2. The Medieval World of Christendom -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 John Chrysostom -- Introduction: The Popularity of John Chrysostom -- The Ps-Chrysostomica -- The Early Translations -- The Influence of the Lives -- The Modern Editing and Publication of his Works and the Reformation and Counter-Reformation -- Modern Reception of Chrysostom and His Works -- The Gaps and Future Directions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10 Augustine of Hippo -- The Starting Point of Augustine's Reception: Augustine's Original Figure -- Augustine's Reception in the Late Antique and Middle Ages -- Reception of Augustine in the Modern Period -- Augustine's Reception in China: The Case of Matteo Ricci's Mission -- Augustine's Reception in Japan -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 Cyril of Alexandria -- Introduction -- Christological Controversies -- The Reception of Chalcedon -- Texts and Translations -- Middle Ages and Reformation -- The Modern Period -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12 Shenoute of Atripe -- Introduction -- Shenoute in Late Antiquity: Coptic and Greek -- Shenoute in Medieval Egypt: Coptic and Arabic -- Shenoute Rediscovered in Europe in the Early Modern Period (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries): Studies in Latin and Modern Languages -- Shenoute in the Modern World, from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century to the Present: Modern Languages -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13 Nestorius of Constantinople -- Nestorius and "Nestorianism" -- Career of Nestorius, 428-c. 451 -- Anti-Chalcedonian Polemic -- Chalcedonian Sources -- The Church of the East -- Modern Reception.

Bibliography -- Chapter 14 Dionysius the Areopagite -- Introduction -- The Dionysian Corpus: A Late Antique Literary Fiction -- The Core Collection -- The 'Lost' Works: An Incomplete Structure of the Pseudo-Dionysian Theology -- The Pseudonym and the Pseudo-Dionysian Writing Technique -- The Hierarchies: Another Incomplete Structure -- An Anomaly in the Fiction: The Divine Hierotheus -- Date of Appearance, Layers of the Text, and Commentaries -- The Possible Aims of the Fiction and its Milieu of Provenance -- Bibliography -- Chapter 15 Severus of Antioch -- Introduction -- Severus in Late Antiquity -- Reception in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages -- Reception in the Modern Period -- Severus' Liturgical Contribution -- Bibliography -- Chapter 16 Gregory the Great -- Introduction: Gregory the Great and his Contemporaries -- Gregory's Impact on Seventh-Century Italy and Beyond -- The Early Lives of Gregory -- Gregory in Byzantium -- Gregory in the Middle Ages -- Gregory in the Renaissance (Late Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries) -- Gregory in the Reformation -- Contemporary perceptions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 17 Maximos the Confessor -- Introduction -- Early Reception in the East -- Early Reception in the West -- Further Reception in the Byzantine Period -- Reception in Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries -- Through the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Chapter 18 John of Damascus -- Introduction: The Bearing of John Damascene's Œuvre -- The Medieval Reception of John Damascene's Œuvre The Byzantine Reception -- The Modern Reception of John Damascene's Œuvre -- Bibliography -- Chapter 19 Gregory of Narek -- Introduction -- Short History of Scholarship -- Overview of Monastic Education at Narek -- Narek in the Midst of Controversy -- Gregory's Works -- Gregory's Mystic Theology -- Bibliography -- Chapter 20 Gregory Palamas.

Introduction -- Palamas and His Opponents -- The Early Modern Period -- The Modern Period -- Palamas in Western Perspective -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part IV Studies in Reception History II: Collective Fathers -- Chapter 21 The Cappadocian Fathers -- Introduction -- Defining "The Cappadocians" -- Modern Scholarly Tools -- Tracing the Legacy of the Cappadocians through the Church Histories -- The Reception of Cappadocian Material: A Select Examination -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 22 The Desert Fathers and Mothers -- Introduction -- From Egypt to Palestine -- The Desert Mothers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 23 The Iconophile Fathers -- Introduction -- Images of the Iconophile Fathers -- Texts of the Iconophile Fathers -- The Patriarch Photios -- The Synodikon of Orthodoxy -- The Image of Edessa -- The Eleventh Century -- The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part V Studies in the Fathers -- Chapter 24 Scripture and the Fathers -- Introduction -- Scripture and the Rule of Faith -- Patristic Theology of Scripture and Its Interpretation -- Interpretive Models and Practices in the Fathers -- Scripture and Christian Piety in the Fathers -- Scripture and Theological Controversy in the Patristic Age -- Bibliography -- Chapter 25 Hagiography of the Greek Fathers -- Introduction -- Athanasios and the Vita Antonii -- The Cappadocians -- John Chrysostom -- Cyril of Alexandria and Severos of Antioch -- John of Damascus -- Theodore of Stoudios -- Gregory Palamas -- Bibliography -- Chapter 26 Liturgies and the Fathers -- Introduction -- Liturgical Texts -- The First Three Centuries -- Developments from the Fourth Century -- Liturgical Catecheses -- Liturgical Homilies and Commentaries -- Liturgical Hymnography -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 27 Fathers and the Church Councils.

The Council Fathers -- The Great Fathers at the Councils -- Citation of the Fathers at Councils -- Seventh-Century Florilegia -- Florilegia at the Seventh Council -- Councils and the Patristic Tradition -- Bibliography -- Chapter 28 The Fathers and Scholasticism -- Introduction -- The Fathers and Medieval Canon Law -- Reading the Fathers -- The Fathers and Paradigm Shifts -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 29 The Fathers and the Reformation -- Introduction -- The Greek Fathers -- Latin Versions -- The Role of Religious Orders -- Luther and Calvin -- Confessional Identities -- Old Heresies in New Guises -- The Case of Clement of Alexandria -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 30 The Fathers in Arabic -- Introduction -- A Brief History of the Arabic Translations of the Church Fathers -- Arab Christian and Islamic Reception(s) of the Arabic Translations of the Church Fathers -- Two Issues of Interest -- Avenues for Future Research -- Bibliography -- Chapter 31 The Greek of the Fathers -- Introduction -- The Language of the Fathers and the Development of Christianity -- Sample Texts -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 32 The Latin of the Fathers -- Introduction -- The Latin of the Bible -- Pre-patristic Latin Writings -- Christian Latin: A Distinct Language? -- Patristic Latin -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 33 Reimagining Patristics: Critical Theory as a Lens -- Introduction -- What is Theory? -- Elizabeth Clark's History, Theory, Text and the Legacy of Poststructuralism -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.