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Palladius of Helenopolis : the origenist advocate / by Demetrios S. Katos.
LIBRA BR65.P283 K3867 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katos, Demetrios S.
- Series:
- Oxford early Christian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palladius, Bishop of Aspuna, -approximately 430.
- Palladius.
- Bishops--Biography.
- Bishops.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 218 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- This book is the first monograph devoted to the life, work, and thought of Palladius of Helenopolis (ca. 363-430 CE), an important witness of Christianity in late antiquity. Palladius' Dialogue on the Life of St. John Chrysostom and his Lausiac History are key sources for our knowledge of John Chrysostom's downfall and of the Origenist controversy. Both provide rich information concerning many notable ecclesiastical personalities such as John Chrysostom, Theophilus of Alexandria, Jerome, Evagrius of Pontus, Melania the Elder, Isidore of Alexandria, and the Tall Brothers. Book jacket.
- The study will also be valuable for scholars of late antiquity working in the areas of asceticism, spirituality, pilgrimage, hagiography, and early Christian constructions of gender, for all of which Palladius' works are important sources. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Origenist monk and bishop 9
- The peripatetic monk 10
- Bishop of Helenopolis 16
- The plea from exile 25
- Conclusion 31
- 2 Advocacy in the Dialogue on the Life of St John Chrysostom 33
- The tell-tale sign of courtroom rhetoric 36
- Forensic elements in the Dialogue 41
- Judicial rhetoric as key to the Dialogue 46
- Analysis of the Dialogue's narration 53
- Conclusion 60
- 3 In defence of John 62
- 'Eating alone' 64
- The depositions in Asia 71
- Olympias and the monks 77
- Perceptions of John 82
- The causes of John's removal 86
- The role of doctrine in the controversy 91
- Conclusion 96
- 4 The Lausiac History 98
- Composing the Lausiac History 99
- Contra Hieronymum 110
- An Origenist apologia 116
- Conclusion 123
- 5 The ascent to God in prayer 125
- Praxis 126
- Natural contemplation and scripture 131
- Theologia 141
- Conclusion 153
- 6 Theodicy and human freedom 155
- Palladius on evil, suffering, and human freedom 156
- The metaphysics of an Origenist theodicy 170
- Conclusion 184.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-207) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780199696963
- 0199696969
- OCLC:
- 751726228
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