Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval and Early Modern Traditions

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14495-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 125, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 803 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

The volume discusses the post-New Testament Simon Magus from the era of the Church Fathers beginning with Justin Martyr to the early modern era represented in a seventeenth century Baroque relief in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain. Sources consulted are artistic, theological texts, historical chronicles, sermons, hagiographies, vernacular literatures, biblical commentaries, and heresiologies. Topics explored are: Traditions and Historiography; Types of Simon Magus in Anti-Gnostic sources; a comparison of the Acts of Peter and the Passions of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul; Jerome and Vincent of Lérins on Simon Magus; the Nicolaitian heresy; the Fall of Simon Magus in the Church Fathers; Simon Magus, Dogs, and Simon Peter; Simon Magus in Irish and English medieval legends; Simon Magus, Nicolas of Antioch, and Muhammad; Vincent Ferrer and the canonical and apocryphal Simon Magus; Simon Magus in the Cathedral of León, Spain; Simon Magus in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain; and a full bibliographical inventory- 99 entries- of Simon Magus in artistic expression. The book is illustrated with about 28 artistic reproductions. The volume contains author and subject indexes and a full bibliography of works consulted.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferreiro, Alberto

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Eklektizismus, Esoterik, Anthroposophie, Theosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Simon Magus: The Patristic-Medieval Traditions and Historiography
2. Ten Years of Editions and Publications on New Testament Apocrypha
3. Typological Portraits of Simon Magus in Anti-Gnostic Sources
4. Simon Peter and Simon Magus in the Acts of Peter and the Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
5. Jerome’s Polemic against Priscillian in his Letter to Ctesiphon (133,4)
6. Priscillian and Nicolaitism
7. Simon Magus and Priscillian in the Commonitorium of Vincent of Lérins
8. The Fall of Simon Magus in Early Christian Commentary
9. Simon Magus, Dogs, and Simon Peter
10. Simon Magus and Simon Peter in Medieval Irish and English Legends
11. Simon Magus, Nicolas of Antioch, and Muhammad
12. Vincent Ferrer’s Beati Petri Apostoli: Canonical and Apocryphal Sources in Popular Vernacular Preaching
13. Pope Clement I, Martin of Tours and Simon Magus in the Cathedral of León, Spain
14. Simon Magus and Simon Peter in a Baroque Altar Relief in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain
15. Artistic Representations of Simon Magus and Simon Peter in the Princeton Index of Christian Art: With Up-to-Date Inventory and Bibliography

Bibliography
Modern Author Index
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alberto Ferreiro, Ph.D, is a Professor of European History at Seattle Pacific University. He has published over 50 articles in patristics and medieval studies in prestigious journals such as Church History, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Harvard Theological Review, Vigiliae Christianae, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Revue des Études Augustiniennes, Apocrypha, Studia monastica, Hagiographica among others and in published acts of major conferences. His latest book is The Twelve Prophets, (Intervarsity Press, 2003).