Parry - Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics

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Ken Parry has led a first class team of experts in producing this excellent Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics. It advances on the several fine Patrologies already existing to focus critical attention on the issue of how the patristic mindset was received over the ages. Required reading for all serious theologians and historians.

John A McGuckin, Nielsen Professor of Byzantine Church History

This is a welcome addition to the field as it is the first time that such a volume has sought to give equal weight to both the Eastern and Western Church traditions. It offers a comprehensive and balanced picture by including material that has long remained obscure because it is primarily known from Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian and Syriac sources, rather than privileging the works of more widely known authors utilising Greek and Latin. At a time when many Eastern Christian traditions are increasingly endangered it becomes even more important to bring knowledge of these writings to the forefront of contemporary scholarship.

Emma Loosley, University of Exeter

I applaud Ken Parry and his expert collaborators for providing ground-breaking new insights into the lives and writings of a wide representation of Fathers, including those who lived beyond the borders of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. Never have I been so persuasively reminded of the importance and enduring significance of the Fathers for contemporary Christianity. This Companion is an indispensable resource for all who truly want to understand and utilize the rich legacy which the Fathers have left us.

William Tabbernee, Past President, North American Patristics Society

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The Wiley Blackwell companion to patristics / edited by Ken Parry.
pagescm
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-43871-8 (cloth : alk. paper)1.Fathers of the church.I.Parry, Kenneth, 1945 editor.
BR60.A65W55 2015
270.1dc23
2015006384

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