Pseudo-Basilius, Adversus Eunomium IV-V : : Einleitung, Übersetzung und Kommentar / / by Franz Xaver Risch.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 16
• Author: Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
• TeilnehmendeR: Didymus, the Blind, approximately 313-approximately 398.; Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea, -approximately 390.; Risch, Franz Xaver.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1992.
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Language: German; Ancient Greek
• Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Notes: Variously attributed to Basil of Caesarea, Didymus of Alexandria, or Apollinaris of Laodicea.

This book treats a decisive phase in the theological history of the fourth century AD. When in 360 the 'Arians' Aetius and Eunomius maintained the difference in essences between the Father and the Son and the created nature of the Holy Spirit, the theologians of Nicaean orthodoxy were challenged to develop a theory of the Homousia of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost which paved the way to the Trinitarian doctrinal decisions of the Council of Constantinople in 381. The two books Adversus Eunomium IV-V probably form the first literary reaction to the 'Neo-Arians' and set the tone for the further development of the debate. In the MSS in which they are transmitted they follow on from the three books by Basil of Caesarea against Eunomius, but have been seen since at least the 18th century as pseudepigraphical and were probably composed by Apolinarius of Laodicea. The introduction to the present work discusses questions of authorship, identifies opponents (not only Aetius and Eunomius but also Marcellus of Ankyra), demonstrates the hitherto often questioned integrity of the tract and establishes the date of composition of Book IV as 360 and of Book V as 362/3. It also makes particularly clear the influence of contemporary philosophy. The translation follows the improved Migne text of 1886, while the commentary elucidates the often difficult content and prepares the way for further research on the interweaving of the threads of theological debate in the second half of the fourth century.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Franz Xaver Risch -- Der Verfasser von adv. Eun. IV-V / Franz Xaver Risch -- VIERTES BUCH GEGEN EUNOMIUS / Franz Xaver Risch -- KOMMENTAR / Franz Xaver Risch -- QUELLENVERZEICHNIS / Franz Xaver Risch -- LITERATURVERZEICHNIS / Franz Xaver Risch -- ABKÜRZUNGSVERZEICHNIS / Franz Xaver Risch -- INDICES / Franz Xaver Risch -- SUPPLEMENTS TO VIGILIAE CHRISTIANAE / Franz Xaver Risch.