Documents of the Early ‘Arian’ Controversy and the Council of Nicaea

David M. Gwynn, Richard Price, Michael Whitby, Philip Michael Forness (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2025
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-1-83624-517-9 (ISBN)

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The Council of Nicaea in 325 was a momentous event in the history of both the Christian Church and the Later Roman empire. Summoned by the Christian emperor Constantine, Nicaea came to be remembered as the first ecumenical council which composed the original Nicene Creed still used in modified form in most Christian churches today. The assembled bishops gathered to debate the theological questions raised when the Alexandrian presbyter Arius clashed with his bishop Alexander regarding the precise divinity of the Son of God and the Son’s relationship with the Father. Through the surviving documents from the years surrounding Nicaea we can explore the doctrinal and ecclesiastical tensions which fuelled the so-called ‘Arian’ Controversy which divided Christians across the fourth century and beyond. At the same time, the Council of Nicaea also debated the celebration of Easter and issues of Church discipline, while coming to terms with Christianity’s new prestige symbolised by the presence at the council of emperor Constantine. The documents translated here are of great individual value but presenting them as a collection with introductions and commentary allows a closer re-examination of their significance and disputed chronology and the importance of Nicaea in a crucial formative period for the Christian Roman empire.

David Gwynn is Reader in Ancient and Late Antique History, Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous publications include Athanasius of Alexandria: Bishop, Theologian, Ascetic, Father (OUP 2012) and Christianity in the Later Roman Empire: A Sourcebook (Bloomsbury 2014). Richard Price is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, Heythrop College and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London. His many previous publications include The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (with P. Booth & C. Cubitt, Liverpool 2014), The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (Liverpool 2018), The Council of Ephesus of 431 (with T. Graumann, Liverpool 2020), Canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2) (Liverpool 2020) and The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70 (with Federico Montinaro, Liverpool 2022). Michael Whitby is Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham. His many publications include The Cambridge Ancient History XIV, Late Antiquity, Empire and Successors A.D. 425-600 (Cambridge University Press 2000) co-editor with Averil Cameron and Bryan Ward-Perkins; Theodore Syncellus: The Homilies 'On the Robe and 'On the Siege' (Translated Texts for Historians 86, LUP 2024); with Richard Price, Theodore of Sykeon: The Life by George and the Encomium by Nicephorus the Treasurer (Translated Texts for Historians 87, LUP 2024) and with Jeff Childers and Claudia Rapp, Mark the Deacon: The Life of Porphyry of Gaza (Translated Texts for Historians 89, LUP 2025). Philip Michael Forness is Associate Professor of Eastern Christianity, KU Leuven. His books include Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh (Oxford 2018) and Jacob of Serugh: Homily on the Apostle Thomas and the Resurrection of Our Lord (Peeters 2022).

Erscheinungsdatum	24.10.2025
Reihe/Serie	Translated Texts for Historians ; 91
Zusatzinfo	black and white map
Verlagsort	Liverpool
Sprache	englisch
Maße	147 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-83624-517-3 / 1836245173
ISBN-13	978-1-83624-517-9 / 9781836245179
Zustand	Neuware