Cornelia B. Horn
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780199277537
- eISBN:
- 9780191604171
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199277532.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
This chapter shows that Abba Isaiah and Philoxenus of Mabbugh were influential contributors to anti-Chalcedonian theological and ascetico-spiritual perspectives in Palestine. They provided an ...
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This chapter shows that Abba Isaiah and Philoxenus of Mabbugh were influential contributors to anti-Chalcedonian theological and ascetico-spiritual perspectives in Palestine. They provided an immediate context for the theology and spirituality of Peter the Iberian, John Rufus, and their anti-Chalcedonian ascetic followers in the Gaza area. The importance of the Cross in the spiritual theology of these two teachers and leaders is discussed.Less
This chapter shows that Abba Isaiah and Philoxenus of Mabbugh were influential contributors to anti-Chalcedonian theological and ascetico-spiritual perspectives in Palestine. They provided an immediate context for the theology and spirituality of Peter the Iberian, John Rufus, and their anti-Chalcedonian ascetic followers in the Gaza area. The importance of the Cross in the spiritual theology of these two teachers and leaders is discussed.
Marcus Plested
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199267798
- eISBN:
- 9780191602139
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199267790.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
The Asceticon of Abba Isaiah is an intriguing work in that it contains works of Macarius in both the Greek and Syriac manuscript traditions. The Isaian material proper also contains clear signs of ...
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The Asceticon of Abba Isaiah is an intriguing work in that it contains works of Macarius in both the Greek and Syriac manuscript traditions. The Isaian material proper also contains clear signs of Macarian influence, although these are rarely very profound and tend to be located in a second redactional layer.Less
The Asceticon of Abba Isaiah is an intriguing work in that it contains works of Macarius in both the Greek and Syriac manuscript traditions. The Isaian material proper also contains clear signs of Macarian influence, although these are rarely very profound and tend to be located in a second redactional layer.
Marcus Plested
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199267798
- eISBN:
- 9780191602139
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199267790.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
This book explores the remarkable spiritual and theological legacy of the fourth-century Macarian writings. The anonymous author of the writings (commonly referred to as Macarius-Symeon, ...
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This book explores the remarkable spiritual and theological legacy of the fourth-century Macarian writings. The anonymous author of the writings (commonly referred to as Macarius-Symeon, Pseudo-Macarius, or simply Macarius) had a decisive influence on the shaping and development of the Christian ascetic and mystical tradition. The book offers the first attempt at a broad-based analysis of the character of that influence, standing not only as an exploration of the writings themselves but also of the nature of the Christian tradition itself. Part I (‘The Background’) offers an introduction to the Macarian writings, sketching their nature and character, examining their historical and theological context, and re-evaluating the complex question of the relationship between Macarius and the Messalian tendency. Part II (‘The Legacy’) discusses in detail the nature of his theological and spiritual legacy in the later Christian tradition, focussing on the work of Mark the Monk, Diadochus of Photice, Abba Isaiah, and Maximus the Confessor. Mark and Diadochus, both anti-Messalian writers, are shown to be substantially indebted – something that further underlines the untenability of the facile, but nonetheless once fashionable, identification of Macarius-Symeon as a Messalian. The Macarian influence on the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah is palpable, if not profound, while in the great Byzantine synthesis of Maximus that influence is both substantial and thoroughgoing. In this way the book traces the journey of the Macarian writings from the border zone between orthodoxy and heresy, between Greek and Syriac thought-worlds, into the mainstream Christian tradition.Less
This book explores the remarkable spiritual and theological legacy of the fourth-century Macarian writings. The anonymous author of the writings (commonly referred to as Macarius-Symeon, Pseudo-Macarius, or simply Macarius) had a decisive influence on the shaping and development of the Christian ascetic and mystical tradition. The book offers the first attempt at a broad-based analysis of the character of that influence, standing not only as an exploration of the writings themselves but also of the nature of the Christian tradition itself. Part I (‘The Background’) offers an introduction to the Macarian writings, sketching their nature and character, examining their historical and theological context, and re-evaluating the complex question of the relationship between Macarius and the Messalian tendency. Part II (‘The Legacy’) discusses in detail the nature of his theological and spiritual legacy in the later Christian tradition, focussing on the work of Mark the Monk, Diadochus of Photice, Abba Isaiah, and Maximus the Confessor. Mark and Diadochus, both anti-Messalian writers, are shown to be substantially indebted – something that further underlines the untenability of the facile, but nonetheless once fashionable, identification of Macarius-Symeon as a Messalian. The Macarian influence on the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah is palpable, if not profound, while in the great Byzantine synthesis of Maximus that influence is both substantial and thoroughgoing. In this way the book traces the journey of the Macarian writings from the border zone between orthodoxy and heresy, between Greek and Syriac thought-worlds, into the mainstream Christian tradition.
