December 3rd: Edited because this is Patristics Carnival VI!
Happy Advent! And welcome to Patristics Carnival VI (without a fancy graphic: just couldn't work out how to transform God Fearin's graphic from PC V!)! It's been a couple of months since I last posted (for which I thank the two previous hosts, especially because I was in a bit of sleep-deprived haze!), so it is nice to be back. I'm going to recover my old structure (for fun). So here we are: Patristics Carnival VI
Front Gate: Introductions to the Fathers
Nothing in this category this month.
The Midway: Articles on the Fathers
Mike Aquilina on The Way of the Fathers blog reports on Pope Benedict's address on St. Maximus of Turin, St. Jerome, St. John Chyrosthom, St. Martin of Tours, St. Jerome again, Jerome again, St Ephrem Syrus.
First Apostle on the First Apostle blog features an article on Gregory of Nyssa and how his view of the Trinity argues against the current liturgical practice of naming the Trinity: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer.
Carl Olson on The Insight Scoop (from Ignatius Press) features a report on Pope Benedict's address on St. John Chyrosthom.
John on the Ancient Hebrew Poetry blog reports on Pope Benedict's address on St. Jerome.
Father Chadius on the Hermeneia blog featurs a discussion on St. Gregory the Great and patience.
Scrape on the Legendary Truth Blog discusses the interplay of patristic exegesis and theology as presented by Donald Fairbourn in an article in the Westminister Theological Journal.
Scott Carson on the An Examined Life Blog features a discussion of Christianity and Platonism. . This is a response to Taylor Marshall on the Canterbury Tales Blog which suggested that Neo-Platonism has a Christian origin Hmm. I wonder.
Rob Bradshaw on the Early Church blog posts G.L. Prestige's Bampton Lecture on Origen.
God-Fearin Fiddler on the God Fearin' Forum features excellent discussions of St. Irenaeus as the bridge between East and West, St. Irenaeus' doctrines in his own words and early Christians and the Sacrifice of the Mass.
I also offer some thoughts on the Church Fathers and Judaism at hyperekperissou
The Rodeo: Patristic catenae
Veritas on the Is the Catholic Church the One True Church? blog gives a mostly patristic catena on the question of the authority of the Catholic Church as opposed to Protestantism.
Exhibition Place: Biographies of the Fathers
Nothing in this category this month.
The Marketplace: Book Reviews
Rick Brannon on ricoblog features a series on Hubertus Drobner's book, The Fathers of the Church. Part one has been finished. I look forward to future reflections on this book.
Steve Ray on Steve Ray's Blog reviews Brian Litfin's Getting to Know the Church Fathers. I'm not sure if I quite agree with his conclusions about the new evangelical/Protestant interest in the Fathers. This trend has longer legs than I thought it would.
Paul Smith Jr. on the Gazizza blog continues this discussion of Litfin's book.
Well, someone liked Litfin's book. Mike Aubrey on the ev epheso blog gives an extensive and favourable review of Litfin's book.
This blog, hyperekperissou, featured two reviews: Ronald Heine's book on the Church Fathes and the Old Testament and Bart Ehrmann's Misquoting Jesus.
The Foreign Exchange Tent: Translations
I continue my series on Sulpicius Severus' Life of St. Martin at hyperekperissou.
The Apocryphal Aisle: Christian Apocrypha
Tony Chartrand-Burke on the Apocryphicity blog features a pre-SBL discussion of modern heresy hunters at the Society of Biblical Literature meeting this year, a SBL report and a discussion of Apocrypha anti-Gospels.
April DeConick on The Forbidden Gospels blog discusses whether scholars should write for a popular audience (as she did in her new book on the Gospel of Judas), her reactions to the Judas book panel at the SBL, her contribution to this same panel and her bemused reaction to being called a conservative.
I hope you enjoy this month's offerings. If there is anyone wanting to host December, let me know. If not, I'll be hunting down new hosts for the new year!
Peace,
Phil
3 comments:
How did it jump from V to VII?
I'm clearly still in a haze. Yes, Patristics Carnival VI. I've fixed the problem.
Phil
i'm a little disappointed that the other two people who commented on Brian Litfin don't actually say much (if anything) about the book.
All their discussion is about the CT interview.
I didn't know anything about the interview at CT, I read and commented on the book. I think I'll have to write a follow post.
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