The Reception of the Church Fathers in the West (2 vols.)
From the Carolingians to the Maurists
Editor:
Patristic scholarship has arguably been neglected by historians until now. This two- volume reference work is intended to be a guide to some of the most important developments in the history of patristic scholarship from the Carolingians to the Benedictines of the Congregation of St. Maur. Twenty-three authors from Europe and North America address such questions as: What is meant by âThe Fathersâ in a given socio-cultural and doctinal context? How is the authority of the Fathers measured against that of Scripture? What types and amount of patristic material is available? What are the problems of attribution and of misattribution? How are the Fathers used in theological innovation and, conversely, in conservation of tradition(s)? Whether it be by an institution or an individual, how is patristic literature used overtly in a tendentious or polemical way?
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