Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Katos, Demetrios S

Title Palladius of Helenopolis : the origenist advocate / by Demetrios S. Katos
Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2011

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages)
Series Oxford early Christian studies
Oxford early Christian studies.
Contents Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Origenist monk and bishop; The peripatetic monk; Bishop of Helenopolis; The plea from exile; Conclusion; 2. Advocacy in the Dialogue on the Life of St John Chrysostom; The tell-tale sign of courtroom rhetoric; Forensic elements in the Dialogue; Judicial rhetoric as key to the Dialogue; Analysis of the Dialogue's narration; Conclusion; 3. In defence of John; 'Eating alone'; The depositions in Asia; Olympias and the monks; Perceptions of John; The causes of John's removal; The role of doctrine in the controversy; Conclusion
4. The Lausiac HistoryComposing the Lausiac History; Contra Hieronymum; An Origenist apologia; Conclusion; 5. The ascent to God in prayer; Praxis; Natural contemplation and scripture; Theologia; Conclusion; 6. Theodicy and human freedom; Palladius on evil, suffering, and human freedom; The metaphysics of an Origenist theodicy; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Index of Greek Legal and Rhetorical Terms
Summary A full length study of the life, work, and thought of Palladius of Helenopolis (ca. 362-420), an important witness of Christianity in late antiquity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-207) and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Palladius, Bishop of Aspuna, -approximately 430.
SUBJECT Palladius, Bishop of Aspuna, -approximately 430 fast
Subject Bishops -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Bishops
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Christianity.
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191619632
0191619639
9780191731969
019173196X