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The Trinity, the Spectacles, Jewish Foods, in Praise of Purity, Letters

Vol. 67

by Nicetas

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm

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After Novatian's break with the Church over the treatment of Christians who had lapsed in the persecution of Decius (A.D. 250-52), Church authorities were reluctant to recognize officially his contributions to Christian theology. Because his writings were too valuable to ignore, a number of them were attributed to less controversial authors. On the basis of stylistic and other internal evidence, scholars have been able to retrieve Novatian's work from obscurity and to give him recognition as a pioneer of Roman Latin theology. This volume presents translations of all Novatian's surviving writings, which appear together in English for the first time under their author's name. The collection opens with the work that most clearly defines him as a theologian of central importance: The Trinity. This treatise refuted current heresies concerning Christ's dual nature and God's total spirituality. The collection also contains a trilogy of pastoral letters: In Praise of Purity, The Spectacles, and Jewish Foods. Novatian, absent from his community, writes to his adherents about current problems in Christian morality and encourages them to remain faithful to the Gospel. In the three Letters, written to Cyprian Bishop Carthage after the martyrdom of Pope Fabian, Novatian speaks for the Church at Rome. They are an important source for the study of Penance as practiced by the early Church. Novatian insisted that those who had denied Christ during the persecution should be most strictly dealt with. There is little in him of Cyprian's conciliatory tone. Novatian's Lettersillumine a third-century controversy that offers new perspectives for modern re-examination of the sacrament.
The Trinity, the Spectacles, Jewish Foods, in Praise of Purity, Letters and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityThe Trinity, the Spectacles, Jewish Foods, in Praise of Purity, Letters

  • Author

    Nicetas

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    The Catholic University of America Press

  • Published

    January 1974

  • Weight

    305g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780813215464

  • ISBN-10

    0813215463

  • Eden Code

    4326474

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