The Hope of the Early Church. A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology
Надежда ранней церкви. Справочник по патристической эсхатологии
1992-12-01
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Alexandrian eschatologyEarly Church eschatologyEastern eschatologyLatin eschatologyPatristic eschatology
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Foreword Introduction 1. Visions of a new day: early Semitic Christianity and Christian apocalyptic 2. Making history intelligible: eschatology and the apologists 3. Regaining the light: eschatology in the gnostic crisis (150-200) 4. Senectus Mundi: eschatology in the West, 200-250 5. A school for souls: Alexandrian eschatology and its critics (185-300) 6. The dawn of the final conflict: Latin eschatology in the great persecution (303-313) 7. Facing death in freedom: Eastern eschatology in the Age of Nicaea (325-400) 8. Redemptio Totius Corporis: Latin eschatology in the fourth century 9. Grace present and future: Greek eschatology in the fifth century 10. Signs of a church triumphant: Latin eschatology in the fifth century 11. Apokatastasis and apocalyptic: Eastern eschatology after Chalcedon 12. The end of all flesh: eschatology in the sixth-century West Bibliography Index
Key Findings
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Fourth and fifth centuries feature debates over grace, bodily redemption, and church triumph, with significant developments at Nicaea and after Chalcedon.
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It identifies distinct eschatological themes in major contexts: apocalyptic visions, apologetic historiography, gnostic crisis responses, and reactions to persecution.
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Regional schools show divergent emphases: Alexandrian, Latin, and Eastern traditions each develop unique eschatological doctrines and critiques between 185–400 CE.
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The book surveys patristic eschatology across chronological and regional divisions from early Semitic Christianity to the sixth-century West.
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The work concludes with sixth-century Western eschatology and provides comprehensive bibliography and indexing for further research.
Research Object
Patristic eschatology in the early Christian church (various regional and chronological expressions, c. 1st–6th centuries)
Research Subject
The development, variations, and theological interpretations of eschatological beliefs and doctrines across early Christian communities and authors (including apocalyptic visions, concepts of final conflict, resurrection, redemption of the body, apokatastasis) from the apostolic era through the sixth century
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