Hans von Campenhausen (1903–1989)
Autore di The Formation of the Christian Bible
Sull'Autore
Hans van Campenhausen (1903-1989) was Chair of Ecclesiastical History at Heidelberg and was an honorary fellow of the British Academy. One of the world's leading authorities on the thought and doctrines of the early church, his writings include The Formation of the Christian Bible, The Fathers of mostra altro the Greek Church, and The Fathers of the Latin Church. mostra meno
Opere di Hans von Campenhausen
Ecclesiastical Authority and Spiritual Power in the Church of the First Three Centuries (1969) 79 copie
Les Pères latins 2 copie
Tradition and Life in the Church: essays and lectures in Church history. trans. Littledale. 1968. 1 copia
Les Pères grecs 1 copia
The Formation of Christian Bible 1 copia
Weltgeschichte und Gottesgericht 1 copia
The Fathers of the Greek Church 1 copia
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- Nome canonico
- Campenhausen, Hans von
- Data di nascita
- 1903-12-03 (Rozula, Russia [now Latvia])
- Data di morte
- 1989-01-06 (Heidelberg, Germany)
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Germany
- Luogo di nascita
- Rozula, Russland
Rozula, Littauen (heute) - Luogo di morte
- Heidelberg, Deutschland
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 20
- Utenti
- 504
- Popolarità
- #49,151
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 44
- Lingue
- 5
On the Greek side the author writes on Justin, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Eusebius, Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Synesius, John Chrysostom, and Cyril of Alexandria; on the Latin side, he writes on Tertullian, Cyprian, Lactantius, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Boethius.
The author cannot be accused of hiding his bias. One does not walk away wondering what he thinks of, say, Augustine, or Jerome, for good or ill. While the "judgmentalism" might be jarring for the contemporary reader not used to such style, at least he's out with it. The author sees the Greek period as more intellectually robust, more prominent in the earlier centuries, and philosophical, but decries the political machinations which brought down John Chrysostom and perpetrated by Cyril. It was good to see someone else with far more scholarship behind him see the Christological controversy in the middle of the fifth century as more politically than ideologically motivated, that Nestorius would probably not have had much difficulty with the Chalcedonian conclusion, and how Chalcedon tries to have it both ways, honoring Cyril but in substance varying from his premises. He is a good Westerner in terms of his assessment of medieval Orthodoxy. Then again, his Western slant is evident with the comparably far longer biographies given of the fourth century Western divines rather than the Easterners. He is quite open with his views on Jerome's failings (but cannot deny his philological brilliance); even in his fawning portrayal of Augustine the author recognizes the former's dependence on Neoplatonism and the extremes taken in his discussions of divine grace and human freedom. His conclusion regarding Augustine and Boethius, that the medieval church was given an open, unresolved question regarding faith and philosophy, is a bit startling; the Judeo-Christian-Platonist synthesis, while not perfect, is generally seen as fairly robust in early medieval times.
Regardless, a good work to explore a certain perspective on the "church fathers" and their writings.… (altro)