Documents from the Luciferians : in defense of the Nicene Creed / translated with notes and introduction by Colin M. Whiting.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whiting, Colin M., translator.

Series:

Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; Number 43.

Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; Number 43

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Lucifer, Bishop of Cagliari, -approximately 370.

Lucifer.

Nicene Creed.

Luciferians (Christian heresy)--History--Sources.

Luciferians (Christian heresy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 pages).

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : SBL Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English and Latin.

Summary:

Six important documents for scholars of early church history This volume includes English translations of several documents concerning the Luciferians, a group of fourth-century Christians whose name derives from the bishop Lucifer of Cagliari. Documents include a confession of faith written for Emperor Theodosius I and a theological treatise written for his wife by Luciferian clergyman Faustinus, the first English translation of a Luciferian petition to Theodosius that focuses on the persecution the community has suffered, Theodosius's imperial law in response to the Luciferians, two letters composed by Luciferians that purport to represent correspondence from the bishop Athanasius of Alexandria to Lucifer, and the priest Jerome's Dialogus adversus Luciferianos . These texts highlight connections between developments in Christian theology and local Christian communities in the course of the fourth century. Features: The first English translation of Faustinus's Libellus precum An overview of the development of late antique theology and Christianity An introduction to Luciferian beliefs and the translated texts

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-88414-328-7