Iberian Fathers
Overview
In recent years historians and theologians have focused considerable attention on the church of late antiquity. The Constantinian revolution of the early fourth century produced changes that would affect profoundly and permanently the fabric of traditional Greco-Roman society and early Christian spiritual life. This volume—the third of the works of the Iberian Fathers in the Fathers of the Church series—brings together writings from Pacian of Barcelona and Orosius of Braga, two notable Iberian authors and orthodox partisans of the turbulent late fourth and early fifth centuries.
Pacian, bishop of Barcelona, was renowned in his own day for both his active ministry and his literary talents. Admired by St. Jerome as an author “of restrained eloquence,” Pacian produced several works, ranging from his correspondence with the Novatianist Sympronian to his thoughtful treatises on penance and baptism. Orosius, priest of Braga, was once considered noteworthy principally for his authorship of the universalist Seven Books of History against the Pagans and his student/mentor relationships with St. Augustine of Hippo and St. Jerome. But, in addition, in the two treatises translated here he furnishes much insight into the contemporary heretical movements in Spain and the course of Pelagian controversy.
Included in this volume are Pacian’s three letters to the Novatianist Sympronian, his tract on repentance and the rite of penance (On Penitents), and his sermon concerning baptism (On Baptism). Orosius’s works included the Inquiry or Memorandum to Augustine on the Error of the Priscilliantists and Origenists and the apologetic Book in Defense against the Pelagians. Extensive notes and helpful introductions offer readers further guidance and detail.
For The Fathers of the Church series in its entirety, see Fathers of the Church Series (127 vols.).
Key Features
- Modern translation of notable fourth and fifth century Iberian Christian authors
- Provides background on authors and the era in which they wrote, as well as controversies of their day
- One of 127 published volumes in a well-respected series on the Church Fathers
- Title: Iberian Fathers, Volume 3
- Authors: Orosius of Braga, Pacian of Barcelona
- Series: The Fathers of the Church
- Volume: 3
- Publisher: Catholic University of America
- Print Publication Date: 1999
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 192
- Era: era:nicene
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Theology › Early works to 1800; Apologetics › Early works to 1800
- ISBNs: 0813200997, 9780813200996
- Resource ID: LLS:BRNFTHRSVLM3PCN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:15:03Z
About the Authors
Pacian (310-391 AD) was a bishop of Barcelona during the fourth century,from about 365 AD to 391 AD, succeeding Praetextatus
Orosius of Braga (375-418 AD) was a Gallaecian Catholic priest, historian and theologian, and student of Augustine of Hippo.